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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [ ] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O [ ] CLEAR Date ______

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FORMER SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY IS BRAND NEW. COFFELT'S ARREST RECORD AND BACKGROUND WOULD TEND TO DISCREDIT SUCH GRANDIOSE CLAIMS. THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION IN SEATTLE FILE OF WHO VISITED COFFELT WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON IN ATLANTA AND WALLACE'S ALLEGATION THAT SAC, ATLANTA WAS COFFELT'S ONLY VISITOR IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL AND BORDERS ON THE LUDICROUS.

SEATTLE FILE DOES NOT REFLECT ANY FACTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE CLAIM THAT COFFELT WAS AN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HOWEVER, INFORMATION CONTAINED IN WFO AIRTEL TO BUREAU, MARCH 2, 1977, DOES INDICATE THAT THE LAWRENCE, KANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND COFFELT WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THIS AIRTEL SHOWS COFFELT INTERVIEWED BY WFO AT WHICH TIME HE DENIED POSING AS A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE OR THAT [REDACTED]

COFFELT HAS BEEN PRINCIPALLY ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS: (1) DOCTORS' STATEMENTS INDICATING HIS HEALTH WOULD PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN AN ACTIVITY SUCH AS NORJAK. [REDACTED] NORTHERN VIRGINIA DOCTORS HOSPITAL DIAGNOSED COFFELT AS HAVING SEVERE

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Approved: _______________ Transmitted _______________ (Number) (Time) Per _______________ FBI/DOJ

DB COOPER-55624

[margin annotations near redactions: "b7D"; "b6 / b7C"]