TeletypeNew York to Director, Seattle and Los Angeles re interview of Karl Payne Fleming, Newsweek25 April 1972page 8 of 8
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Part 108, page 369

Document date 25 April 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 108 p. 369, Teletype, dated 25 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-2913 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-108/pages/369

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PG EIGHT

STORY IS PUBLISHED. FLEMING ADVISED THAT NEWSWEEK WILL NOT FURNISH THE STORY TO THE NEWS MEDIA OR PUBLISH FLEMINGS CONTACT WITH COOPER. FLEMING ADVISED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED BOOK PUBLISHERS WHO DECLINED TO ACCEPT AND PUBLISH THE STORY UNTIL COOPER IS APPREHENDED AND CONVICTED.

FLEMING ADVISED THAT HE WILL RECONTACT HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY [redacted] TO DETERMINE IF [redacted] WILL AGREE TO FLEMING FURNISHING [redacted] HIS INTERVIEW WITH COOPER AND [redacted] RECEIVED BY [redacted] FLEMING STATES HE BELIEVES HE TALKED TO THE ACTUAL HIJACKER, WHO IS REVEALING HIS BACKGROUND AND IS WILLING TO CONFESS TO THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE OF HIS CATHOLIC UPBRINGING. FLEMING STATED THAT BASED ON HIS ELEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A REPORTER, HE IS MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT CONVINCED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HE CONTACTED WAS THE HIJACKER.

NYO HAS APPOINTMENT WITH FLEMING AND HIS NEWSWEEK [redacted] AM OF APRIL TWENTYSIX NEXT RE OBTAINING [redacted] [redacted]. BUREAU AND OTHER OFFICES WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ADVISED OF RESULTS.

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