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where this On September 21, 1962, this matter was discussed with Warden OLIN G. BLACKWELL, U. S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, who volunteered to check the depth charts around the island. Arrange- ments were made to discuss the matter further with Mr. DOLLISON, Associate Warden, on September 24, 1962, On September 24, 1962, ARTHUR DOLLISON, Associate Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, advised the plece of clothing appéared to be similar to that worn by inmates at Alcatraz. However, numerous similar pieces of clothing turn up in San Francisco Bay and on the beach of Alcatraz as inmates throw them down their toilets. YI SON d to have correctional officers and poth sikin divers, check the eitiiieyere the cloth was found. He also planned to have Was WHO jocated the cloth, display the area. On September 25, 1962, DOLLISON advised that the two correctional officers who were sikin divers had attempted some diving west of Alcatraz in the vicinity where the piece of inmate clothing was hooked by the fisherman. DOLLISON stated that there was considerable turbulence in the water and visibility practically zero. The divers were unable to conduct an adequate search in that area due to these conditions. On October 3 and 4, 1962, DOLLISON stated that three = expert skin divers of the United States Coast Guard, supple- ’ mented by four expert Navy sicin divers, had completely covered the area where the piece of inmate clothing was snagged by - . diving on those two days. DOLLISON stated that these skin - divers working as a team had carefully plotted the entire area and had gone over it very carefully. In the area where the fisherman located the plece of inmate clothing the skin divers. determined that this was sandy without rocks or any other type of obstacles and that due to the turbulence and currents in that area, it would be impossible for any drowned body to stay in that area. DOLLISON stated that the skin divers advised that they had good visibility, up to six feet, during their diving on the aforementioned two days. - 73 -