Teletype · Seattle to Director re Mike Wallace claims and suspect Coffelt, NORJAK · 15 May 1978 · page 10 of 11AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 15 May 1978AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
PAGE NINE SE 164-81 UNCLAS
EVIDENCE TO DATE POINTS TO THE FACT THAT COFFELT IS NOT
IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.
IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS, THE BUREAU WILL RECOGNIZE IT
IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUTE CERTAIN STATEMENTS, PAR-
TICULARLY CONCERNING PROMINENT DECEASED PERSONS. IT IS
EQUALLY VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO POSITIVELY ELIMINATE MANY
SUSPECTS AND INDEED SEATTLE HAS REOPENED SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY
"ELIMINATED" SUSPECTS BECAUSE NEW EVIDENCE HAS COME TO LIGHT.
AT THE PRESENT TIME WE HAVE INVESTIGATED A TOTAL OF 939
SUSPECTS WITH ONLY 13 STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION; HOWEVER,
THIS FIGURE INCREASES AS THE ANNIVERSARY DATE IS APPROACHED
EACH YEAR.
BY SEPARATE COMMUNICATION, SEATTLE IS FORWARDING A
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT [REDACTED]
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