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- _~ . } ~o., “ UNITED STATES GO’ ENT 5 Memorandum - 1 : DIRECTOR, FBI (76-26295) pate: 6/21/62 Mo: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887) (P) @ SANIKLBE MGRKIS a / SUBJECT: AICOS FR iC ~ J : “TA Mere crfey Lascrey C q CLAKEWLEER NE LIN = On 6/19/62, Warden OLIN G. BLACKWELL, United States’ Peniten’ Alcatraz, Californi: dv: 7 C. SA that inmate Bt to BLACKWELL ‘or & private interview, ee interviewed in private by BLACKWELL without taken Cg 12513 istence. on d tier of cells, whereas the other four subjects were all located on the first tier of cells vised BLACKWELL that he had dug a few holes in his cell near the ventilator grill and then quit k th after camouflaging the holes in his cell. 57 had continued digging but had camouflaged the holes 8 cell because of work on umbing in the utility corridor behind the cells. had been told to stop @igging by the escapees not told him to start digging again as had been planned, \ Warden BLACKWELL, who has been extremely coopera- bre \ tive with this office, told +t he would have to \ ° immediately report this to old BLACKWELL that he could this but it was his; CKWELL's, word against 8 there were no witnesses. ERE tol Pn he had Jnown Fh csc ‘or many year Problems of a penal ee eee sat handle this matter properly sinc involved. After considerable ins