Los Angeles to Director and Seattle re investigative hypnosis of North Hollywood restaurant witness

LA031 3030343Z RR UA SE DE LA R 290343ZOCT 76 FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT CLEAR

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ATTN: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, QUANTICO, SA [REDACTED] NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE

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 [REDACTED] 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, [REDACTED] ULTIMATELY CENTERED ON THE ACTIVITIES OF A MUTUAL FRIEND NAMED [REDACTED] JUDGING FROM THE CONVERSATION, [REDACTED] BELIEVED THE THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE FRIENDS OF LONG STANDING AND HAS NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR

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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."

[REDACTED] 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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[REDACTED] IS CONSIDERED TO BE A REPUTABLE, MATURE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED AS [REDACTED] IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

DISCREET INVESTIGATION 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.

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[REDACTED] HAS AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED UNDER HYPNOSIS AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING HER RECALL OF THE CONVERSATION.

[REDACTED] BELIEVES THAT IF [REDACTED] 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.

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THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF HYPNOSIS IN THE RE-INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FEES FOR THIS INDUCTION IS $250. [REDACTED] WOULD BE ASSISTED BY LOS ANGELES AGENT TRAINED IN THE USE OF HYPNOSIS.

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SINCE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IS RUNNING, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO SUTEL IF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED.

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