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- . - 7 _—_ _ e) oO “PAGE TWO eo @ BA -7=1097 “TRE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WOULD TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. HE SAID HIS OPINIONS WERE ALSO SHARED BY SEVERAL ACQUAINTANCES AND ASSOCIATES IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA» IT WAS FOR THIS REASON, AND AS HE AND HIS FRIENDS HaD A THEORY THE DEATH OF KNOWLAND COULD POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO HEARNAP, THAT HE CONTACTED SENATOR HARRY F /BYRD, JR, (VIRGINIA), IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO IN TURN CONTACTED FBI HEADQUARTERS. BASICALLY Quays SAID THE THEORY WAS THAT NEWSPAPERS CONTROLLED BY THE KNOWLAND FAMILY IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE KIDNAPPING WAS FIRST MADE PUBLIC, REPORTED BACKGROUND CONCERNING THE VICTIN INDICATING SHE HAD BEEN, IN RECENT MONTHS, SYMPATHETIC TO AND ASSOCIATED WITH GROUPS HAVING IDEOLOGIES SIMILAR TO THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY (SLA). HE SAID, IF THIS WERE TRUE, THAT IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT MEMBERS OF OR PERSONS ASSOCIATED ‘WITH THE SLA COULD HAVE KILLED SENATOR KNOWLAND IN RETALIATION FOR THE XROWLAND PAPERS PUBLICITY CONCERNING VICTIN’S PAST ACTIVITIES. HE SAID, HOWEVER, DURING THE PAST WEEKEND, HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIS ASSOCIATES IN CALIFORNIA, WHOM HE DECLINED TO. IDENTIFY, AND THAT HE HAD BEEN ADVISED THE FBI OFFICE IN SAN FRANC- ISCO HaD BEEN CONTACTED CONCERNING THE ABOVE THEORY. ALSO, THAT AFTER RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE KNOWLAND DEATH, HE NOW FEELS THAT KNOWLAND PROBABLY DID COMMIT SUICIDE. ee APPRECIATION FOR “THE FBI CONTACT WITH HIM, STATING THAT AFTER HAVING RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION END PaGE TWO eo a ee pee