Jonbenet Ramsey Ransom Note Mentions `Foreign Faction'

DENVER - The ransom note for JonBenet Ramsey was published in full today for the first time. It shows the writer, purporting to represent "a small foreign faction," threatening to kill the girl for "any deviation of my instructions."

The full text of the 2 1/2-page note was published in The Rocky Mountain News, which said it obtained it from an advance copy of the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

The Denver Post, which published excerpts, said it had learned Vanity Fair and the New Yorker were planning major articles on the murder case and may have obtained copies of the text.

Six-year-old JonBenet's body was discovered in the basement of her home the day after Christmas, eight hours after her mother, Patricia, said she found the note.

The beauty-pageant champion, whose father, John, is a millionaire businessman, had been beaten and strangled. Police have made no arrests, and no suspects have been identified.

Based on handwriting analysis, investigators have ruled out Ramsey as a writer of the note, but not Mrs. Ramsey.

Published reports have described various aspects of the note, including that it was purportedly from a foreign group and that it asked for $118,000.

The only known copies were in the hands of the Boulder district attorney's office, the police department and the Ramseys' legal team. They all denied providing the note to the magazine.

"Listen carefully! We are a group of individuals that represent

a small foreign faction," the note begins. "We respect your business but not the country that it serves. At this time we have your daughter in our possession. She is safe and unharmed, and if you want her to see 1997, you must follow our instructions to the letter."

The News said that, according to the magazine report, the ransom note instructed John Ramsey, JonBenet's father, to take an "adequate size attache to the bank" to pick up $118,000. It said he would be called at home between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and told how to deliver the money. The call never came.

"Any deviation of my instructions will result in the immediate execution of your daughter," the note said."You will also be denied her remains for proper burial.

"Use that good, southern common sense of yours. It's up to you now, John," the note also said.

The ransom note ends with "Victory! S.B.T.C." There has been speculation that the initials, previously disclosed, could be a reference to the Subic Bay training center in the Philippines, where Ramsey served in the Navy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Partial text of note

Mr. Ramsey:

Listen carefully! We are a group of individuals that represent a small foreign faction. We respect your business but not the country that it serves. At this time we have your daughter in our possession. She is safe and unharmed, and if you want her to see 1997, you must follow our instructions to the letter.

You will withdraw $118,000 from your account. $100,000 will be in $100 bills and the remaining $18,000 in $20 bills. Make sure that you bring an adequate size attache to the bank. When you get home you will put the money in a brown paper bag. I will call you between 8 and 10 a.m. tomorrow to instruct you on delivery. . . . (The call never came.)

Any deviation of my instructions will result in the immediate execution of your daughter. You will also be denied her remains for proper burial. . . .

Speaking to anyone about your situation such as police or FBI will result in your daughter being beheaded. If we catch you talking to a stray dog, she dies. If you alert bank authorities, she dies. . . .

You and your family are under constant scrutiny, as well as the authorities. Don't try to grow a brain, John. You are not the only fat cat around so don't think that killing will be difficult. Don't underestimate us, John. Use that good, southern common sense of yours. It's up to you now, John! Victory. S.B.T.C."