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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 1/11/72

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK

RE: [REDACTED] POSSIBLE/SUSPECT

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On 1/3/72, [REDACTED] Washington, telephone [REDACTED] who is employed at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Washington, telephone [REDACTED] con- tacted the writer to advise that he awoke one morning last week with the thought that [REDACTED] whom he knew some 18 to 20 years ago in the U. S. Navy, might be a likely suspect in instant case. [REDACTED] said that [REDACTED] has long time experience as a parachute rigger and a jumper and was working in [REDACTED] California, in 1950 and 1951. He said this was an [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] He said that [REDACTED] is a eccentric person, is a man who has very definite ideas and who was an extremely good parachute rigger and jumper.

[REDACTED] continued that [REDACTED] left the Navy about 1954 at the end of his enlistment and went to work for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] somewhere in the Los Angeles, California, area, working in [REDACTED] He said that [REDACTED] had some very excellent design ideas and probably continued to work in this area.

[REDACTED] continued that he has not seen [REDACTED] in 18 or 19 years and does not know why he suddenly came to his mind as a possible suspect in this case. He said that he had seen the artist's conception earlier, but that for some reason on this particular morning, [REDACTED] came to mind and there is a likeness to the artist's conception. He said that at that time [REDACTED] was to the best of his recollection, described as follows:

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164-81- 1836 SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... [REDACTED] JAN 10 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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