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UNL ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF SsSTICE “FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA Copy to: i - USA, San Francisco . _ — Report of: pe Office: San Francisco, California Date: 2/19/74 Field Olfice Fils 7: 7-855 . ye Bureau File # F-15200 . Title: HEARNAP _.. Charecte:,.. . KIDNAPING _ \- _ Synopsis: . ‘ Lo en At approximately 9:30 p.m. on 2/4/74, the victim, PATRICIA: CAMPBELL HEARST, daughter of RANDOLPH HEARST, was abducted- — by two Negro males and a white female from Apartment 4, 2603 Benvenue in Berkeley. Her. fiance, ‘STEVEN ANDREW WEED{, was approached by a Negro male holding a rifle and . a white female. 4WEED-was tied up and beaten about the Gy sd head and face. A neighbor ,; STEVEN SUENAGK, was also tied - up and beaten. The victim was placed in the trunk of a 1963 white Chevrolet convertible owned by! PE TER BENENSON who had been approached by two white females at his home and at gun point had his car taken. “He-was tied up, gagged, and blindfolded, and placed on the rear of the car floor seat. During the getaway from the Benvenue address, a white 1963 or 1964 Chevrolet station wagon was observed and a number of shots were fired, possibly from the station ‘wagon, BENENSOY's c was abandoned on Tanglewood Drive, Berkeley, with BENEN: in it. The Symbionese Liberation ‘Army (SLA) sent a letter, designated as Communique #3, to KPFA Radio Station, Berkeley, California, claiming they were holding the victim. In addition to the letter, a Mobil credit card in the name of RANDOLPH HEARST was re- ceived. ARMED AND DANGEROUS, a | _p- This documrot contains acither recommendations por conduaions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is lomned to your agency: it and ite contents ere mot to be distributed outside your agency. U, 5, GOVERNMENT PAIMTING OFFICE: 1810 © - 406-80 [id