Part 10, page 272

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

PD 164-41

---

At 8:30 a.m., 4/27/78, with SA [REDACTED] in my office, I placed a telephone call to MIKE WALLACE through the New York Office, NY telephone 975-2997. Upon talking to Mr. WALLACE's assistant, I was informed that WALLACE was unavailable, and he would return my call within two hours. I asked that WALLACE call me direct, identifying myself by name and title. When WALLACE called at approximately 12:31 p.m., he asked for [REDACTED] was at that time busy on another telephone call and the switchboard, having had been previously alerted to the call from WALLACE's office, routed the call to me. When I was connected with WALLACE, he advised initially that he had determined that the [REDACTED] was a complete hoax, that he had quite a bit of television footage shot on this story, and they had quite a bit of information but wanted to talk to the FBI to get answers to several other questions. I asked him specifically if it related to [REDACTED] and he obliquely deferred, suggesting to the contrary; however, he did not definitely disavow that this was his intentions. I then informed him that I had been apprised of his detailed conversation with TOM COLL at Headquarters, and I had personally talked to Mr. COLL of his impending interest in the Portland Office, and since it all had been discussed with COLL, no further contact would be made by the Portland Division. He then asked if it were therefore impossible for him to talk on the telephone with SA [REDACTED] and I advised him that was the case. He then became belligerent making remarks such as, "This sounds like the old Bureau, not the new Bureau, that we were in a police state," etc. I told WALLACE that he knew better than that and that the Bureau had cooperated, but if he felt that further discussion was necessary on this matter, he should direct his inquiries to TOM COLL in Washington. At his request, I gave him the telephone number 324-3691 which was Mr. COLL's extension at Bureau Headquarters.

---

A few minutes after termination of this call I tried to telephone Mr. COLL only to discover that he was at that moment on the telephone with MIKE WALLACE. The party answering the telephone in Mr. COLL's office said he did overhear COLL saying on the telephone, "MIKE, we have been through all of that, let's not rehash it." When I asked if I could hold for COLL, the person said that he was in a listening mode at that time and it might be some time before he would be free to talk to me. COLL will return my call as soon as he completes his conversation with MIKE WALLACE.

---

b6 b7C b7D

---

-2- DB Cooper-1500