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proceeded to question us about the SLA.‘ My husband asked them to eave several times and told them we were not interested in talk- ing to them. When they became convinced that weaweren't going: easetAt he Wea osha tbe! to close the dpor, they then told us that they, had soliething. to . om | show us that we would be interested in, but thats “we ‘would ha to. ; close the coor. We refused. At that: point they opened t And ty H suitcase that was filled with stacks ‘of $20's and $50' Pa, agent J Patton told us that the money amounted to $100,000 and that they | were prepared to up the offer to, $250, Q00 (a quarter of a million @ollars) if we would cooperate” Bren, eett sure we had information on the activities and the whereat guts of the SLA. We refused | their offer. At this point, onexof "tile agents asked my husband if fF he would like to see something happih..to“his wife and children. | We saw that as a threat. When they finally left we contacted Mr. 7 Duncan, who advised us to prepare a statement for a press confer- ence (which megane set up) in order to make their visit public ° knowledge. He exe this would afford us a certain amount of pro- ‘tection. This we ala. thé same day. -(Our attorney, at first, was rather dubious about our’ ‘story of the attempted bribe. However, he was later contacted by the F.B.I. in an attempt to persuade him ‘to persuade us to talk with them. He questioned them about the I aedbe, from Nyashington, D.C. from doing that because they felt we Re. “ad u wouldsnot be amenable to their offer.) _ On May 23, 1974, we had another’ meeting in our attorney's office with Mr. Magmenimum (question the spelling here} and Me. Wallace. They questioned us about 8il1 and Frily Harris, Patricia Hearst and other alleged SLA members. ~ They also questioned us.” ve about our purported activities or involvenent with the SLA and 2" showed us pictures of the Harrises, other alleged members of the en er ee gery ee RL I em ge EY