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The following is a product of a four-man committee appointed i ---to-define_some potential problem areas in connection with the Hearst = Kidnaping. Ordinary logistic and investigative problems: have.been ignored | in this paper since the Bureau's background and experience should be —* adequate to provide a basis for resolving the ordinary type problems which are bound to arise in any major criminal case. Since the subjects’ conduct in this case obviously does not follow the usual criminal pattern, the committee has considered hypothetical possibilities which may conceivably confront the Bureau although admittedly the possibilities in some instances may seem remote. The problems set fortharein. | five parts. The potential situation and a number of different possibilities in that context are first listed and then followed by a commentary of brief analysis, A. UNUSUAL RANSOM DEMANDS The kidnapers have already made one unusual ransom » demand -- food for the poor. What would be the FBI's recommendation and/or reaction if they demanded other forms of ransom such as: 1. Gold 2. Valuable gems 3. Valuable artifacts 4. Weapons or explosives 5. Government policy considerations such as changes in low-cost Government housing, non enforcement of _ laws involving marijuana or other drugs, special * meetings of legislature to enact legislation kidnapers feel desirable and so forth. ib