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RI h Obese Pa ht RR OT BNA NAT Re Ne a Memora rgum e oe Camp. Syst. M G 4? de! DATE 11/23/74 Ext. Alioirs _. ent? . 4p 1 ~ Mr. Gebhardt ton FROM : R. F. Bates 1-- Mr. Bates “invell. : 1 ~ Mr. Morrow “ys i cr : ~~ 1 - Mr. Cleveland yi bE —_ '? Vsupjecr: HEARNAP I 1 - Mr. McDermott Treining “ j 2oa Coun. ao AN 1 - Mr. Mintz Lepet Coon, — 1 née 1 - Mr. Wannall , - Mr. White raf On Friday, 11/22/74, a letter (Xerox copy attached) addressed to the Director was received at FBIHQ. The letter was in response to the "Argosy" magazine article just published regarding this case. The writer in essence states that Tania and her friends are rejecting the article's appeal for them to surrender and are true revolutionaries. This completely type- written two page letter addressed to the Director bore the typewritten name of Tania, the name adopted by Patricia Campbell Hearst, as the author. The envelope containing the letter carried a return address of P. 0. Box 8189, San Clemente, Calif. The envelope was postmarked U. S. Postal Service, N. M. 870 and dated 20 Nov. 1974, P. M. . ond Immediately upon receipt the Los Angeles, Albuquerque and San Francisco Offices were advised of receipt of this letter $ as well as personnel of the Laboratory and Identification Divisions. By teletype dated 11/22/74, our Los Angeles Office advised that Los Angeles indices were negative regarding P. 0. . Box 8189. The U. S. Secret Service, Los Angeles, advised that "Pp, O, Box is unknown to them and is not connected in any way with former President Nixon. Postmaster, San Clemente, Calif., ‘advised P. O. Box 8189 is non-existent. He stated all boxes in. the San Clemente Station are in the 2,000 series. Further . inguiry at San Juan Capistrano, Calif., disclosed above P. 0. Box non-existent in that town. | ‘ The Albuquerque Office also by teletype dated 11/22/74, advised that R. T. Slocum, Postal Inspector, Albuquerque, N. M., advised that postmark "Nov. 20, 1974, N.M., 870" is a New Mexico postmark from the Albuquerque Sectional Center Facility 870 which handles all Albuquerque and surrounding small towns ‘Ilmail. Slocum stated that since the discontinuance of area post office identification numbers, he would be unable to pinpoint where in Albuquerque or surrounding small towns the letter was any, pene Po /F2 00-5741: med . , MM:mkc (10) CONTINUED "=OVER@= serena LW Ah | te DEC 4 1974