Part 117, page 135

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 12/28/73

SA JAMES A. GIRARD [redacted b6, b7C, b7D]

NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

RE: [redacted] Source [handwritten]

On 12/13/73, [redacted] Hunt & Mottet Company, 2112 Pacific Avenue, phone [redacted] advised that he is suggesting a man named [redacted] as a suspect in this matter only for the following reasons and because of the responsible position that the suspect has is reluctant to suggest the man and cautioned that any investigation should be discrete:

He is suggesting him merely because he looks identical to the drawing that was recently in the paper on the anniversary of the hijacking; he is called [redacted] and he flies constantly b6 throughout the United States, therefore, being familiar with b7C the makeup of a 727. b7D

[redacted] explained that [redacted] is [redacted] of Tips General Agency of California located at 2727 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, where [redacted] resides.

He explained that Hunt & Mottet is a hardware wholesale distributor and as such has recently taken on a partner in Tips to furnish insurance for all of their wholesale hardware customers. In September of 1973, [redacted] was hired by Tips as a b6 [redacted] his previous employment being with Allstate Insurance. b7C In both jobs he flies throughout the United States constantly. He b7D was in Tacoma on approximately 12/6/73 at which time he and [redacted] went out to lunch in company with [redacted] [redacted] After their meeting on that date, [redacted] brought the news artical [sic] on the anniversary of the hijacking to [redacted] and asked him who the drawing looked like. [redacted] stated that without hesitation he said [redacted] They then showed the drawing to other individuals at the company and all of them thought that it resembled [redacted]

JAG:jms (2) [redacted b6, b7C]

DB COOPER-53590 /164-81-603[?]