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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 4/24/72
SA CHARLES E. FARRELL
NORJAK
RE: UNSUB:
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On 4/24/72 [REDACTED]
Division 6, called with respect to Seattle teletype
to New York, Los Angeles and Bureau on 4/23/72. [REDACTED]
aedvised that they feel at the Bureau that the key to the
whole episode is with [REDACTED] and had numerous questions
to ask about how [REDACTED] first got in touch with
each other. It was explained to [REDACTED] that [REDACTED]
had read a "D.B. COOPER ad" in the newspaper placed by
KARL FLEMING which apparently was the basis for their contact.
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[REDACTED] advised that the Director has
said he "wants this thing solved" and further that
authority has not yet been given by the Bureau to interview
FLEMING at New York. He said the request has "gone up"
but the decision has not been passed down to them.
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[REDACTED] raised the question of why did the
hijacker, already possessing $200,000 submit to being
photographed and recorded for a mere $45,000. He was
reminded that the whole thing appears to be a story by
[REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] then countered with how then do we
explain the pictures of the money. He then said they
had checked with the Laboratory and they report it would
be extremely difficult to "phony up" a picture such as that.
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[REDACTED] asked if the photos of the man in the
black and white knit hat and on the street are being show[n]
at Boeing since it appears from [REDACTED] that the
guy probably did work at Boeing for a long period of time.
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With respect to the manuscript [REDACTED] said
that when [REDACTED] was recontacted, he said that all he
meant with respect to immunity for the author was that [illegible]