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Continucd fron: First Pace found in the aparunent, and much of the written 3 answers to questions from the mysterious outsider, to have been. written by Emily Harris. However, the FBI has refused to say whether handurit- ing analysis has proved her authorship. about the time of the first anniversary of her adduction, is lieve the "writing style” to be that of William Harris. « 1 “used to denote netations by The Times. Parentheses are those used by the SLA writer. ‘ dts clear from the writings that one of the first ques- tions of policy to confront the SLA after kidnaping Hearst on Feb. 4, 1974. was what degree of sexual freedom, if any, she was {o be given. By the time she had been abducted, according to the writings, the original sexual pracuce of the SGA—that of monogamy, having only one s¢xual partner—-had under. Zone an “evolution.” That “evolution” had been, in part, dictated by the iso- lated nature of Living és fucitives and, by the time Hearst” had been taken into the picture. insiuded Oren sex with persons of choice and was not limited to persons of the op posite sex, the wrilings imply. "Our position was one of conditional practicality,” the SLA writer said. “We knew from experience what it is tike to live in an underground ceu, Hee Weta reat . ee | me tt Be oe Big ; Ter yp ogettee tarp TA aed ats on) , r + "So far a3 sex was concemed. we had to get most of our Sexual and personal needs met by comrades within the cell, Everyone reahted that at this time there was no room for exclusive relationships pecause each of us had to help the other comrades mect their. sexual needs and maintain harmony within the cell. ; *In the beginning, we provicied for Tania’s ((the SLA name taken by Hearst after her alduction)) basic needs: shelter, food, ciothing, medical attention and news from the outside. Te a TEN Pe ed hoe: 4% + Sen ee Neg stay a erlcatt $2 at “Rev beng = a spay te re ee ee ree meee * back ex) ‘af -26- a Tage te Peers: Gave Fe * rh eS ae ee Saas Stan WA een ee ate + Hearst t Conversion aversion Desert Authorship of the message to Hearst, apparently typed similarly uncertain at this timeshat some int ‘esliFators be-” wT . be f i rs ct a rel ar Be n= ay Ales sae ee ye. hn Ane Ft wwreeeay we ef s "3 "Although we considered sex a basic hu sex a “basic human 7 commitment to not exploit her sexually, coustod overall status a3 a POW ({pcisoner of wary. ¢ ‘the freedom to have sex with another Person, "But later on, these conditions changed, pert her own initiative, but 2iso because of our roe and respect for her. As she became more invest the day: to-day aspects of teu bite, we tried tot tr Yar . as an equal. ' In preparing this article. double parentheses have been: "It was only natural that with increased perze: action Letween Tania and members of the col; 2 tionships would develop sexually. We were ail av ‘1 a cleseness was developing between Tania end ({spparently, a variation on the spetiing of Cun. name for William Wolfe)} which we waried 0 ress in a revolutionary way.” It was Wolfe, one of six SLA members ‘whe WE in a shootout in May, 1974, with Los Angeles pou. Hearst. in the Jast tape recorded message ever sc SLA, would mourn as the "gentlest, most beaut I've ever known.” & Initially, the SLA writer said, there was Wisse among SILLA members regarding the quesiion ¢ Hearst sexual freedom: "Some of the comrades didn't feel that it wou: rect to allow a POW to have sex with any mem> cell. This (view) was criticized as veing Loo Re @n approach to the question. aon et SSE SLE A, ~ AS Sr RASS ES ES SS SLA members agreed :ts- Hearst to have sex if she desir2c “ESN % Fa ae RTT Si ° "It, was pointed out that sex wes an interral Ws life and that we were trying to heip Tania c: who we were as people and that we had some. her and that we were Soncemed i ior her well- “don L. A. TIMES- 10/07/7907 week mee ny