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w1.0i iLUI 111CI OS OCI vLC LOI iI1lNtE i 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphic ennsylvania 19102 - Phone (2!5).?4] ] Asrus, Iir NALLACE T.COLLET OUIS W.SCHNEIDER June 2, 1976 H:.t. Fin. + .: Gen. Iny. Idert. Clarence M. Kelley Inar. i' m Director Int.!.. Labar.t ry Federal Bureau of. Investigation Icr C U..S. Department of Justice 3 e wd Washington, D. C.. 20535 R.. a st. Spec. Irv. Dear Mr. Kelley: Train:c - Telepheo I Government, through its Embassy in Washington, has approached the U.S. State. Department to request an urgent investigation into the handling of the case of a Canadian citizen, Anna Mae Aquash, whose body was found on the Pine W the American Friends Service Committee has independently received, she was first declared dead of exposure but:a later autopsy at the request of her family determined she had died of gunshot wounds. -In addition, it was reported that the hands were cut off her.dead.body and sent to the FBI for fingerprint~verification, a procedure which can only be characterized as 1976 gruesome, and one.which raises_grave.questions: about:the procedure used. The Canadian Friends Service Committee, our sister Quaker organization-in Canada, has asked us to support Canadian Quaker initiatives in seeking a thorough U.S. investigation of the case and appropriate subsequent action, which might weii inciude compensation to the family for mistreatment of the. deceased. We earnestly support the Canadian Quaker initiative and urge your earliest We are sending identical letters to: President Gerald R. Ford Secretary of State Kissinger. Attorney General Levi..... 00-//3 g2 - ( Your personal interest in advancing the handling of the request seems called for and we would greatly appreciate your effort to do so. Sincerely yours pis W. Schneider. 23 JUN LWS:at THH:can