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Six Relatives Of Freemen Apparently Visit Compound

Associated Press

A flurry of activity Sunday included an apparent visit by relatives to the remote Eastern Montana compound of the anti-government freemen.

And a Montana legislator who has negotiated with the freemen said he will meet with them again, probably sometime this week.

Shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, a Chevy Suburban carrying one man and three women and a second vehicle with a man and a woman were escorted into the compound about 30 miles northwest of here by a Montana Highway Patrol car.

All six visitors went into the 960-acre ranch complex where the freemen have been surrounded by FBI agents since March 25.

Based on a description of the Suburban, ranch neighbors said it might have held relatives visiting the freemen compound. Authorities have allowed such visits in the past.

Karl Ohs, a state legislator who has been involved in past negotiating sessions with the freemen, said he will meet with them again soon, probably this week.

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