Part 117, page 155
Serials TP 164-110
Document date 9 January 1974
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 117 p. 155, Memo, dated 9 Jan 1974, serial SE 164-81-6074 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-117/pages/155
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TP 164-110
3/59, when he heard through a mutual acquaintance of both [REDACTED b6/b7C] JAMES F. MC CONOGHY, that [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED] said the grapevine story was that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in which he was entertaining in Brooklyn, New York. [REDACTED]
According to [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] said he last contacted [REDACTED] in March or May of 1959, when he had [REDACTED] and was stationed in the Washington, D. C., area. He said at this time he talked to a JAMES F. MC CONOGHY who stated that [REDACTED] was now in the Washington, D. C., area operating [REDACTED] out of the Silver Springs or Bethesda, Maryland, area.
[REDACTED] said he contacted [REDACTED] telephonically, but he does not recall the details of the conversation. He said he last heard that JAMES F. MC CONOGHY was living in the San Antonio, Texas, area selling cemetery lots. He stated, however, that MC CONOGHY was in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] as himself and [REDACTED] and he could be traced through military records.
He does not recall [REDACTED] ever having any intimate knowledge of aircraft nor does he consider [REDACTED] an exceptional athlete. He further advised that he would not consider [REDACTED] as having extravagant taste, but that he was a gambler inasmuch as he often participated in base poker games and currency exchange schemes.
[REDACTED] said he has no further evidence that [REDACTED] could be the hijacker in the above captioned matter, but that his description does fit that of the sketch which appeared in the "Today" newspaper.
At this time, [REDACTED] provided a slide of [REDACTED]. He also provided a glossy
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