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an Ortmmas POte Ao, 18 . sole s86 soo } : 1, Maat 1907 EDttIOM f sos . ; . 4 “47 Gta tw. era. m0. 37 : . . os __ : ; ‘ . . ‘ . * ! 2 . . . ee * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MM emorandum . ete | = | re | £ Jenkins a pate, 4/19/74 ” Leborotery Plon. & Evel. — subject ARNAP | i Tring 7 . Ke a, Telephone Ra. | Director Sec*y A number of newspapers are carrying stories today, suchas that : on the front page of this afternoon's ''Washington Star-News," identifying a notebook and Patricia Hearst's name, which was found by police ina pred aye SLA headquarters three weeks before the kidnaping of Patricia Hearst. Randolph Hearst is claiming that the notebook was "unquestionable proof" his daughter was not involved inthe abduction. He is also stating that he could not understand why neither he nor his daughter was notified by police when the notebook was discovered on January 10, 1974, in the SLA house in Concord, a town across the bay from San Francisco. The notebook in question is part of voluminous material seized d by 4 the Concord, California, Police Department at 1560 Southerland Court, Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, incidental to a shootout and apprehension of two SLA members on 1/9-10/74 for the slaying of the Oakland, California, school superintendent. After the kidnaping of Patricia Hearst on February 4th | the San Francisco Office endeavored to obtain and review the above material for possible leads in connection with the kidnaping of Patricia Hearst and in view of the material being identified with the SLA which claimed credit for the kidnaping shortly after it occurred. The Concord, California, Police Depart- ment submitted the material to the FBI Laboratory for analysis and attached is a copy of the page in question, which may possibly be the notebook of Nancy Ling Perry, one of the SLA members charged with the bank robbery - earlier this week i in San Francisco. ; We have been getting a number of inquiries from the media requestin a comment from the FBI concerning the above notebook and the reference to Patricia Hearst. In view of its possible evidentiary nature with respect to the . > ee Kidnaping and other crimes possibly perpetrated by the SLA, the following ; he eS 2 esponse has been made concerning such, shyauiries: : va tine Aas a a 1 - Mr. Gebhardt coke C83 ee . " ne 1~- Mr. Franck (conninvep-ovex ae ; 1-Mr. Malmfeldt | | 18. ‘APR 24 174 pas ee ana re oo ox [3 3K 176, eH