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GENT 6-30-62 7-56 PM PDT JRF Me, Trotter Tele. Room__.__ Miss Holmeg____ Miss Gandy__.__ } : ; . Sullivan ___ TO DIRECTOR, FBI /76-26295/ he SAC, SAN FRANCISCO /76-2887/ 3 P . t REMYTEL JUNE TWENTY NINE LAST. ' A BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY WAS RECOVERED TODAY AT HALF MOON BAY, SAN MATEO CO., TWENTY FIVE MILES SQUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. BODY IN Ie. CUSTODY ASSISTANT CORONOR SMMMMMMWHO ADVISED THAT JUDGING FROM SIMILARITY OF SWIM TRUNKS WORN BY VICTIM, BODY 1S UNDOUBTEDLY THAT OF ROBERT PANIS, EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD FILIPINO WHO DROWNED AT HALF MOON BAY JUNE NINETEEN LAST. CHECK RE TIDES AND CURRENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY ON JUNE TWELVE WAS MADE WITH UNITED STATES ARMY ENGINEERS OFFICE AT SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE A MOCKUP OF THE BAY IS MAINTAINED. IT WAS DETERMINED CONCERNING NIGHT OF ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ THAT AT TEN P.M. PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME ON JUNE ELEVEN LAST THERE WAS A SLACK TIDE WHICH MEANT THE WATER WAS MOVING IN AFTER TEN P.M. THE WATER STARTED TO FLOW OUT OF THE BAY REACHING ITS PEAK VELOCITY AT MIDNIGHT AND THEN TAPERED ,OFF TO SLACK TIDE AGAIN AT FIVE A. M. ON JUNE TWELVE LAST. iZ SPE gf 4k a4 7 aii ON , ] ” — a ammeel oh END PAGE ONE REC- 91 _ Nye se JUL 3 1962 c SJULI 1962 fal u * Oe 2