c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776

Tucson [zip code exempt]

ARIZONA REPUBLIC

January 21, 1997

James A. Crawford

Postal Inspector

U.S. Postal Inspection Service

P.O. Box 26320

Tucson, Arizona state

Subject: Application for Reward

Dear Mr. Crawford:

I feel that I have just about exhausted My administrative remedies in the matter of the mail fraud conspiracy which I have witnessed among federal employees in Tucson and Phoenix, and among officers of the New Life Health Center Company in Tucson.

While I was waiting in line at the Coronado Station of the USPS recently, I happened to notice the USPS "Notice of Reward" (Poster 296, May 1995). Under "General Provisions," this poster explains five steps for claiming the rewards indicated, e.g. up to $10,000 for theft, possession, destruction, or obstruction of mail, and unspecified rewards for related offenses, including (1) being an accessory; (2) receiving or having unlawful possession of any mail, money or property secured through the above crimes; and (3) conspiracy to commit any of the above crimes.

Please accept this letter as My formal request for an application for rewards, and as My notice of intent to present a written claim for reward payment. Poster 296 directs Me to write to the nearest Postal Inspector to file these claims.

This poster also informs Me that a written claim for reward payment must be submitted within six months from the date of conviction of the offender, or the date of formally deferred prosecution. I submit to you that the FBI's decision to shelve the evidence which I supplied to them can, and should, be considered as the date of formally deferred prosecution. The Board of Governors has failed to respond in any way to My three (3) requests for assistance in this matter (see attached).

I will look forward to receiving from you the USPS "application for reward", as that term is used in USPS Poster #296.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.

Citizen of Arizona state and federal witness

copy: Postmaster, Coronado Station

Chief Postal Inspector, Washington, D.C.