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PAGE T¥O | LA 7-1627 | | BY THE FUGITIVES PRIOR TO THE SHOOT OUT ON MAY 16, 1974, LOS f ANGELES CONTACTED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ‘ f MINES AND GECLOGY SINCE THIS DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION: REGARDING PECULIARATIES COMMON TO THE VARIOUS AREAS OF_CALI- FORNIA. OF THIS DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD UNDERTAKE AN EXAMINATION OF DIRT AND ROCK - SAMPLES REMOVED FROM THE TIRES, WHEEL WELLS AND INTERIOR OF THE VAN, THIS EXAMINATION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ITEMS WHICH NIGHT BE _ UNIQUELY INDIGENOUS TO PARTICUALR AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOS ANGELES ALSO INTENDS TO REMOVE ANY INSECTS WHICH CAN BE LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF VAN, IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR THE AIR CLEANER AND SUBMIT THESE INSECTS TO GUA ve rartuent. QB woicates THAT aN EXAMINATION OF THESE INSECTS MIGHT INDICATE TRAVELS OF THE FUGITIVES. SAMPLES OF THE GASOLINE RENOVED FROM THE 1972 VOLKSWAGEN VAN UTILIZED BY THE HARRIS* AND PATRICIA HEARST WERE FURNISHED TO THE RICHFIELD CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FOR ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF POSSIBLE WHICH GASOLINE COMPANY HAS PRODUCED THE FUEL. AFTER CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SAMPLES, THE RICHFIELD CORPORATION STATED THAT SINCE THE ‘INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED GASOLINES, THE METAL TRACERS FORMERLY — FLACED IN GASOLINES BY THE GASOLINE COMPANIES WHICH COULD BE END PAGE TWO