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FO-302 (Rev. 4-45-64} _ : _ : FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dot 5/28/74 Z iy a spokesman for the HFARST family at Hillsborough, California, made available a letter, hand delivered to the HEARST home from a personal friend of PATTY HEARST none Gy The letter is as follows: . EMEC 4, ty, "24 may 74 “i have just gathered my own thoughts together concerning one of my dearest and closest friends. its about time you hear from a friend of patty'’s. if you consider yourself the family spokesman, then you should know the feelinys of patty's friends. "as patty'’s friend i cannot or Should not pass judgment on what she is now doing. it is my firm belief that she has not been brainwashed, but is acting in an independent manner. it is time that the media, her family, her fiance and her friends reyard her as the intelligent, rational human being that she is. her current belicfs and her current mode of operation, while they reflect a lack of radical common sense for this society do display courage and revolutionary zeal. i feel the sla has been too ambitious in tieir plan of action for the liberation of the poor and the oppressed people of this country. what revolutionary actions che guevara and tamara bunke could carry out and sustain in the Bolivian jungle for little nore than a year could not possibly have heen under- taken in this country for Little more than a few weeks with our sovhisticated police surveillance and the cnormity of ow federal bureau of investigation. On_5/ 25/74 eo _Hillsporeugh, California Files SF 7-855 by__ — ee Seta Sct atecd_ Thi- Jocument vontaiss avitnur recermendations nor conceivatune af tae FBI. tt is the property of the FBU and ta tooned tn your wgoncy: bo onad sta contonte Of¢ Aut to Oe Gea) OUte CU1s.5o YOu! eyoncys 254 5 ee a ee ee ee ee