BB-22-c-1
Letterhead of David B. Fechheimer, San Francisco
June 29, 1978
Charles Garry, Esq.
Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, Brotsky, Herndon, & Pesonen, Inc.
1256 Market Street
San Francisco, Ca.
Re: Katsaris v. Bradshaw et al.
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
On June 16, 1978, freelance journalist Kathy Hunter was interviewed at her home, 22 Highland Drive, Ukiah, CA. (Phone # 707-462-6934), regarding Steven A. Katsaris. The interview was not recorded at Hunter’s request.
Kathy Hunter stated that she had been “for many years a staff reporter on the Ukiah Daily Journal. Hunter’s husband, George Hunter, is an editorial writer and columnist/features writer for the Daily Journal. Hunter stated that she became acquainted with Steven A. Katsaris in late 1977 when he began making accusations about the Peoples Temple, of which Katsaris’ daughter, Maria Katsaris, is a member. Hunter stated that she and her husband had been, until recently, longtime and ardent supporters of the Peoples Temple and of the Reverend Jim Jones. Hunter stated that she has never met Maria Katsaris, though she had planned to attempt to talk with Maria during Hunter’s trip to Guyana in May of 1978. A copy of Hunter’s article about her Guyana trip, published in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat is enclosed as is the UPI account dated May 28, 1978.
Hunter stated that she disbelieves Maria Katsaris’ accusation that her father Steven A. Katsaris had molested Maria when Maria was a child. She said she based that believe on having talked with Katsaris on numerous occasions during the last year. She stated Katsaris exhibits “genuine concern … a father’s concern … for Maria’s safety and well-being… I can’t imagine him to be a child molester.” Hunter stated that she had never heard talk concerning Katsaris engaging in unusual or promiscuous sex. “In a town like this (Ukiah) I think I would have heard such reports,” Hunter stated
Hunter stated that she knew nothing about Katsaris’ marriage to her divorce from Anne Katsaris. Hunter said that she has come to have “high regard” for Katsaris and believes that Maria’s accusations concerning her father “are false… lies… that somehow the Temple people made her say.” The interview with Hunter was under pretext of obtaining general information on the Peoples Temple controversy, questions concerning Katsaris had to be included in the general questioning and were limited.
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Charles Garry, Esq.
June 28, 1978
Katsaris v. Bradshaw, et al.
Page 2.
On June 16, 1978 a search of records at the Mendocino County Courthouse in Ukiah, CA, revealed the following information regarding Steven A. Katsaris:
A Voter Registration form in the name Steven A. Katsaris is on file in the Mendocino County Elections Office. A clerk in the Elections Office said office policy for bad photocopying of voter registration records. The following information is contained on Katsaris’ registration: Steven A. Katsaris on March 15, 1976 registered to vote as a Democrat. He listed his address as 8591 Gibson Lane, Potter Valley, 95469; his place of birth as Ohio; his date of birth as March 26, 1928; his height as 6’1″; his occupation as “Director – Trinity School”; and his Social Security # as 294-20-8705.
Additional voter registration records and the names of Anne T. Katsaris (subject’s former wife), and Maria Katsaris (subject’s daughter) were located and the following information was obtained: Anne T. Katsaris registered to vote as a Democrat on 15 April, 1976. She listed her address at that time as 8591 Gibson Lane, Potter Valley, 95469; her place of birth as Connecticut; her date of birth as November 11, 1940; her height as 5’5″; her occupation as “Nurse”; and her Social Security # as 043-94-3516. Maria Katsaris registered to vote as a Democrat on September 23, 1972; she listed her address at that time as 1051 Road M, Redwood Valley, CA 95470; her place of birth as Aleghany [Allegheny], Pennsylvania; her date of birth as June 9, 1953; her occupation as “student”, her Social Security # as 570-94-3516.
A Certificate of Registry of Marriage of Steven A. Katsaris to Anne Katherine Tomaja is on file in the Mendocino County Recorder’s Office. A Photocopy of this document is enclosed.
The following documents are also enclosed:
(1) Property records pertaining to the purchase of property at Potter Valley, California, in the names of Steven A. Katsaris and Anne T. Katsaris.
(2) Documents pertaining to the Dissolution of Marriage of Steven A. Katsaris and Anne T. Katsaris.
Records in the Mendocino County Assessor’s Office show the most recent assessment of subject Steven A. Katsaris’ property at 8591 Gibson Lane, Potter Valley, CA (recorded in Book 950 (Page 581), as: Land – $1450.00; Improvements – $11,150.00. The Assessor’s Office file # on this property is # 172 250 01.
Katsaris’ home is remotely situated and is surrounded by an electric fence.
Investigation is continuing.
/s/ David B. Fechheimer
David B. Fechheimer
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c-4 – c-11 Property records for Steven and Anne Katsaris
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c-12 – c-28 Dissolution of marriage between Steven and Anne Katsaris
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BB-22-s
Letterhead of David B. Fechheimer, San Francisco
June 28, 1978
Charles Garry, Esq.
Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, Brotsky, Herndon, & Pesonen, Inc.
1256 Market Street
San Francisco, Ca.
Re: KATSARIS V. PEOPLES TEMPLE
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Enquiries with confidential sources in Washington, DC disclosed the following information with respect to Steven Katsaris’s last visit to Guyana. Arrangements for the visit were furthered by Arthur Mandakis. Mandakis is alleged to have used his influence with government sources to arrange Katsaris’s visa and later visit to Guyana.
On several social occasions since the visit to Guyana, Katsaris has claimed that the CIA aided him in entering Guyana. A confidential source who knows Mandakis and Katsaris knows of no hidden governmental influence on either. In the judgment of the source, Katsaris is simply an outraged and embittered parent tried to get his daughter back. According to the source, Katsaris is a gentle, self-effacing person of a rather conservative political persuasion who is not known to brag or embroider his adventures.
The source stated that Katsaris is presently living in fear for his life because of threats from the Peoples Temple and may, in fact, now be hiding out.
Our source also stated that the leasing of the Jamestown Plantation was arranged by the Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana [Ptolemy Reid].
Investigation is continuing.
/s/ David B. Fechheimer
David B. Fechheimer