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SrTIONAL. Fons No. 18 sar GaArPMR (el Com) W- . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum DIRECTOR, FBI (76-25295) DATE: = 1/19/79 SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887) (P+) H = SUBJECT? Site os {A} 5 = CONSPIRACY na) 00: San Francisco chapters about the esape from aid he served time at McNeil Island for a dr v 1 da to some former Alcatraz old him of the Ba 4 extensive planning and work that went into the escape as BE a challenge to get one man ashore, He indicated the si "prisoner grapevine" said the three men shwed up safely in Mexico and one prisoner reportedly saw a postcard the Warden of Alcatraz had received from Mexico. Reportedly, = the Warden admitted he hed received such a postcard to a an eet group of newsmen who visited Alcatraz soon after it was | — shut down. He also claimed there existed on Alcatraz a » dungeon deep in the "rock" which was used as punishment 3 Alcatraz. of last resort. It was reportedly here that a prisoner kept track of tides to form e tide table, which was used in the planning of the,escane. ia... interviewed January 13, we 1979, and retated the above tnformation. He said the m="H “old timer" ed to was an inmate at McNeil Island known as but he did not have his name. He also indicated the newsman whe saw the Warden admitted receiving a postcard from Mexico vos this being about 1963. He stated all of the infory he has is hearsay and he has no specific information any of the three subjects ever made o shore during the ~ escapee. It was pointed out to © FBI is interested —op, Lh a 2 - Bureau W/ — 22 Fe 1 = San Francisco REC-6Q) - we EX-113 , po Buy U.S. Savings Bods Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 1 Jat 24 1979 lbbe