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FD-302 (REV. 1-27-70)

[handwritten: Sub Q] b6 b7C

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Date of transcription 5/20/75

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[REDACTED] was located at his residence - [REDACTED], North Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at which time he was advised of the identity of the inter- viewing agent and the nature of the inquiry. [REDACTED] pro- vided the following information:

Although a resident of North Litchfield Beach he is [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] in Miami, Florida. In addition to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Approximately two or three years ago a Beaverton painter by the name of JIM RAINEY was painting at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RAINEY lives at 3rd and Pacific in Beaverton, Oregon, and is now possibly hospitalized in the Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospital, Portland, Oregon, for cancer. At the time RAINEY was painting the [REDACTED] an individual whom he knows as [REDACTED] was RAINEY's [REDACTED] [REDACTED] seemed like an exceptionally intelligent man to be [REDACTED] [REDACTED] claimed that it was important that he obtain a good paying job since he was a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He stated that he was [REDACTED] In addition to claiming [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also claimed to have had [REDACTED] also ~~claimed to have been employed with a Vancouver, Washington,~~ [REDACTED] While with this Vancouver firm he made [REDACTED] to Alaska.

[REDACTED] advised that he is very familiar with the b6 sky-jacking of the Northwest Airline Flight from Portland, b7C Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. Last year (September 1974) after he terminated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ~~he began thinking that [REDACTED]~~ ~~could quite conceivably be responsible for the hi-jacking~~ ~~of this plane.~~ [REDACTED] provided the following reasons why he suspected [REDACTED] of this sky-jacking:

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Interviewed on 5/14/75 at North Litchfield, S. C. File # CO 164-4-

by ___EA___ [REDACTED] :jep Date dictated ___

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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16 V-EL-6552 [handwritten, uncertain reading] SEARCHED 5/23 [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] MAY 22 1975 FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-54387