Part 109, page 320

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

YD 164-41 Date of transcription: 4/24/72

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[REDACTED] was contacted at this residence, [REDACTED] about 1:30 a.m. He was shown photographs of eleven white male individuals. He picked one photograph of a white male and provided the following information: [guess: Saturday] a[illegible]tion bat the [illegible] phone call [illegible] an appointment to early [illegible] on [illegible] [REDACTED] The photograph which he picked was a white male dressed in a tie and sweater, wearing sunglasses with wire rims. The individual is standing in front of a vehicle and is in a street scene. The individual's hands are out of sight in the photograph and appear to be in front of him. [REDACTED] said that this is the same photograph which was shown to him at 2 a.m. on April 22, 1972, by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of "Newsweek" magazine. He said that the individual [REDACTED]. In the photograph appears to be very much like the hijacker of the Northwest Airlines plane in November 1971. [REDACTED] agents, that he [REDACTED] want to gave positive answers 'o [REDACTED] but [REDACTED] explained that the points of identification [REDACTED] tion he used were the man's mouth, which is identical to the hijacker, and the man's chin and neck which are very much like the hijacker's. He remembers the hijacker's nose and ears to be average and the individual's nose and ears in the photograph are average.

When he was interviewed by [REDACTED] of "Newsweek" magazine, [REDACTED] popped out of his briefcase an 8" x 10" photo- graph of the same picture. When he had made the appointment to see [REDACTED] did not mention that he would be show- ing a photograph. When he popped out the photograph, [REDACTED] stated "Well, is this the guy." [REDACTED] said that he has been shown at least 500 different photographs and because of the time lapse he could not be sure if this was the hi- jacker. He told [REDACTED] that the mouth of the man in the photo- graph appeared similar to the hijacker's mouth. He did not give [REDACTED] a positive, affirmative answer as he has given to Agents of the FBI as to his identification of the photograph being the hijacker.

[REDACTED] stated that the man in the photograph looks very much like the hijacker.

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Interviewed on 4/23/72 at Eugene, Oregon File #: PD 164-41

SA by SA [REDACTED] RPC/gle Date dictated [REDACTED]

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency.

SEARCHED___INDEXED___ [STAMP] APR 2 6 1972 DB COOPER-49825

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