MemoTo SAC Seattle re photographs shown to Cord Spreckel, Color Control Inc.19 December 19731 page
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Part 116, page 335

DB Cooper-53393Serials SE 164-81

Document date 19 December 1973

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 12/19/73

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

RE: DEMONSTRATION OF PHOTO- GRAPHS TO WITNESSES SUB: HH

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On 11/12/73, witness CORD HARMS [guess: &] UM SPRECKEL, color control, Inc., 624 Yale Avenue North, telephone number 623-2984, was exhibited photographs of the following individuals:

NAME SUB FILE # EUGENE LEROY WATSON 87' [REDACTED] GARY B. GALLAHER [REDACTED] RICHARD DOUGLAS SHINN 572 ARVIDIS JULIUS KIPERTS 676

With the exception of KIPERTS, SPRECKEL stated none of the individuals bear any resemblance to the hijacker and in his opinion, are not identical with him. SPRECKEL advised concerning the photographs of [REDACTED] that even though the individual depicted was not identical with unsub, the individual pictured had characteristics which were similiar to unsub; such as, hair, which appeared to be similiar and hair line was close to that of unsubs. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] forehead was similiar. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] had shoulders that were narrower than unsubs, however.

In regard to the suspect KIPERTS, SPRECKEL made the following comments:

Side view "no it's not him"; front view "is possibly him"; "neck looks too big, nose too long, chin looks O.K." SPRECKEL stated that based on the photograph he could not say that KIPERTS was not identical with unsub.

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