SAC Los Angeles to Director and Seattle re NORJAK - request to hypnotize Mrs. Daley

LAO31 3030343Z RR WA SE DE LA R 290343ZOCT 76 FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT CLEAR ATTN: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, QUANTICO, SA [redacted] NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE

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REBUAIRTEL TO LOS ANGELES AUGUST 23, 1976 CAPTIONED "FEASIBILITY STUDY - INVESTIGATIVE HYPNOSIS" AUTHORIZING THE USE OF HYPNOSIS IN CAREFULLY SELECTED CASES.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RECENTLY DEVELOPED IN LOS ANGELES MAY BE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN NORJAK MATTER:

IN EARLY AUGUST, 1976 MRS. RICHARD DALEY, ENCINO, CALIFORNIA, WHILE HAVING LUNCH IN A NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, RESTAURANT, OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION IN AN ADJACENT BOOTH WHICH ATTRACTED HER ATTENTION BECAUSE OF ITS SUSPICIOUS NATURE. THE NEAR HOUR LONG CONVERSATION BETWEEN A YOUNG COUPLE, AGE 30 TO 35, AND A LONE MALE, AGE 30, ULTIMATELY CENTERED ON THE ACTIVITIES OF A MUTUAL FRIEND NAMED [redacted] JUDGING FROM THE CONVERSATION, MRS. DALEY BELIEVED THE THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE FRIENDS OF LONG STANDING AND HAS NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR [continues on next page, text cut off]

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164-81-7460 [STAMP:] SEARCHED........INDEXED SERIALIZED......FILED OCT 28 1976 SEATTLE DB COOPER-55277

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PAGE TWO (LA 164-497) CLEAR SOME LENGTH OF TIME. THE LONE MALE TOLD THE COUPLE THAT [REDACTED] HAD HIJACKED AN AIRPLANE FIVE YEARS AGO. THE LONE MALE IMPLIED THAT HE HAD WORKED WITH [REDACTED] AT A LOCAL SHOP, NOT FURTHER DES- CRIBED. [REDACTED] HAD DISCUSSED HIS PLANS TO HIJACK THE AIRPLANE AND LEFT HIS EMPLOYMENT FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THE HIJACKING. HE HAD MENTIONED THE NEED FOR PARACHUTES AND HAD DEPARTED HIS EMPLOYMENT IN A LAND ROVER VEHICLE WHICH [REDACTED] OWNED.

THE LONE MALE ALSO QUOTED [REDACTED] AS SAYING HE MIGHT HOLD HOSTAGES WHILE MAKING RANSOM DEMANDS, AND [REDACTED] WAS DESCRIBED IN THE CONVERSATION AS NOW BEING SELF-EMPLOYED IN HIS OWN BUSINESS, PLACE NOT MENTIONED, AND AS A SKY DIVER WHO "COULD LAND ON A DIME."

THE LONE MALE ALSO MENTIONED THE RUNNING OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND STATING [REDACTED] WAS NOW JUST "SITTING TIGHT."

MRS. DALEY DESCRIBED THE LONE MALE AS WHITE, SLENDER BUILD, 5'10", AND NEATLY CUT BROWN HAIR. SHE ALSO OBSERVED THE YOUNG COUPLE BUT CANNOT RECALL THEM WELL ENOUGH TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS.

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MRS. DALEY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A REPUTABLE, MATURE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED AS A REAL ESTATE DEALER IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

DISCREET IN[V]ESTIGATION AT THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT AND VICINITY HAS BEEN UNPRODUCTIVE TO DATE.

A LIST OF ALL LAND ROVERS CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

MRS. DALEY HAS AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED UNDER HYPNOSIS AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING HER RECALL OF THE CONVERSATION. DR. WILLIAM S. KROGER, CONSULTANT IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, BELIEVES THAT IF MRS. DALEY IS MOTIVATED, PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABLE TO RELEASE, CAN MAINTAIN AN ATTENTION SPAN AND ACCEPT SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS, SHE MIGHT RECALL DETAILS WHICH COULD ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF [REDACTED] AND HIS COMPANIONS.

THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF HYPNOSIS IN THE RE-INTERVIEW OF MRS. DALEY. DR. KROGER'S FEES FOR THIS INDUCTION IS $250. DR. KROGER WOULD BE ASSISTED BY LOS ANGELES AGENT TRAINED IN THE USE OF HYPNOSIS.

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