Part 114, page 383

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/18/72

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TOM WARK, Assistant National News Editor, New York Times, 229 West 43rd Street, New York, New York, advised that the hand- written letter from [REDACTED b6] was received over the weekend b6 of September 23, 1972. He stated that the letter was passed from b7C Department to Department for about two weeks and was handled by a number of clerks and editors before he received it approximately ten days ago. He declined to estimate the number of people who handled the letter adding that it would be impossible to determine the number or identities of those people.

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WARK continued that he has no present plans for publica- tion of the letter. He advised that a photocopy of the letter was forwarded to an independent news writer in the San Diego, California area. He named the newsman as EVERETT R. HOLLES, 609 Kirkwood Place, La Jolla, California, telephone (714) 459-9119. WARK explained that HOLLES determined from the letter's postmark that the letter had been mailed [REDACTED b6] [REDACTED] He said HOLLES had requested the b7C local Bureau of Vital Statistics to furnish a list of all deaths on September 12 but HOLLES discovered such records are not filed by date. He related that to his knowledge no one else has made any attempt to determine the letter's accuracy or authenticity.

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164-81- 4A-12 SEARCHED............INDEXED............ SERIALIZED...dst... FILED..dst...... OCT 2 0 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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Interviewed on 10/17/72 at New York, New York File # NY 164-627

by SA RONALD D. HORGUS:mmz Date dictated 10/13/72

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