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& dd " FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) bos, — * ss cage : ' FEDERAL BUREAU OF nvesrican . Date of transcription 5/ 29/ 73 RONALD DEAN KESSENICH, inmate, U. S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas (USP-L), #25520-138, was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and of Special Agent U. S. Secret Service. KESSENICH was advised the purpose of the interview was to ascertain his knowledge of a series of threatening letters which may be violations of the Extortion, Congressional Assassination Statute, Bomb Threat Statute, and Threats Against the . President of the United States. ‘The Your Rights form and Waiver were given to KESSENICH who read the form and waiver and stated that he understood his rights in this matter. He then executed the Rights and Waiver form. . KESSENICH stated that for several weeks prior to Sunday, May 13, 1973, he had not been feeling good. He was depressed over the Watergate incident, and on Sunday, May 13, 1973, this feeling came to a head. He saw all the higher ups in the White House were covering up everything and this caused him to act. He stated he did not know why, but he wrote a séries of ten letters, seven to Washington, D.C., and three to Wisconsin. He wrote seven of these letters on Sunday, May 13, 1973 and three on Monday, May 14, 1973. One. of these letters, written on Monday, was sent to Wisconsin. KESSENICH stated that. he wrote these letters to people in Washington-who were connected with Government and that he obtained the names. of the Senators and Representatives at random from an Almanac which the Penitentiary furnishes to inmates. KESSENICH stated that he did net believe he wrote to the President, or to the Vice President. He stated that he had previously been writing Writs and Motions to the Federal Couxt in Madison, Wisconsin, but they were all 5/24/73 RC 174-1558 | File # This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is thé property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outsidé your agency. _ - Interviewed on on Leavenworth, Ransas rs