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igP/vdaj pe Sire, The HARRISes at the present time aretserving Sy il years in the California Prison System on prior, convictions, and projecting the possible additional sentences, “could be. eligible for parole hearing in 1981, and the HARRISes* are predicting that they will be released from prison by (1983. Alameda County prosecutors are of the feeling that the release date will be at least 10. ears. Following the entry of £he guilty plea, the HARRISes were allowed to address the approximately 40 sympathizers present in the courtroom, at which timé WILLIAM HARRIS indi- catea that the guilty plea did notsindicate a feeling of remorse and went on to claim pride ih. accomplishing the "first political kidnapping in the United States". HARRISes alleged that PATTY HEARST, although a kidnap victim, was not’ brainwashed, beaten, or raped. Further, that she was not. locked alone in a closet for days or weeks and was not coerced into rejecti g. her family. Press reaction to the accepting of the pléa, bargain by state authorities was mixed with the state author ities.defending their position that a trial growing out of thes2/4/74 kidnapping of PATTY HEARST would cost the taxpayers a5, much as $300,000 and last for two or three months. Opposing editorial comment was directed at a possible early release date for the HARRISes, whereas if they had gone to trial and been convicted of kidnapping with bodily harm, they could have been sent to prison for life. whe HARRISes alleged that they forced the government to back ddéwn and into dropping the more serious charges in connectit <a incident. a Son BERY OF CROCKER NATIONAL BANK Simp 5 746 MARCONI AVENUE, -. CARMICHAEL, CALIFORNIA, 4/21/75 i fh es Information received through the United States — Attorney's Office at San Francisco that Dr. TRYGVE OPSAHL, frwhose wife, MYRNA LEE OPSAHL, was shot to death by EMILY - HARRIS with a shotgun blast during captioned robbery, has | ed € ‘get tTea his civil suit against the Crocker National Bank ~§. ~ . OFa,$100, 000. The HEARST family allegedly has settled for 00, 00C paying on behalf of a JANE DOE, who was: involved the: Carmichael, California, bank robbery. - . _ 4 k. a” cos ere it