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PAGE THREE UNCLAS BU 9A-1685 BUFFALO DIV. WAS ADVISED BY WFO THAT ON FEB. 27, 1985, LETTERS CONTAINING DEATH THREATS WERE RECEIVED BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES BLACKMUN AND POWELL. IHESE LETIERS BORE RETURN ADDRESSES AND NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE BUFFALO, NY AREA, IN ADDITION TO WASHINGTON, D.C. ON FEB. 28, 1985, BUFFALO DIV. WAS ADVISED THAT SENATOR ALFONSE D'AMATO RECEIVED AN IDENTICAL LETTER WITH A BUFFALO POSTMARK AND RETURN ADDRESS. INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY BUFFALO DIV. INCLUDED THE LOCATION AND INTERVIEW OF IHE INDIVIDUALS LISTED AS SENDERS OF TheSe LetteRs. ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS IN TOLEDO, OHIO. ALL DISCLAIMED KNOWLEDGE OF THE THREATENING LETTERS AND INDICATED THEY KNEW OF NO REASON WHY THEIR NAMES WERE LISTED AS THE SENDERS. ALL EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO UNDERGO POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. INVESTIGATION FAILED TO INDICATE A COMMON DENOMINATOR OR BOND AMONG THE THREE INDIVIDUALS. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1985, VARIOUS NATIONAL WIRE SERVICES RAN A STORY REGARDING THE RECEIPT OF THE LETTERS AND THE FACT THAT A SHOT HAD BEEN FIRED INTO