Part 26, page 31

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

DATE:February 22, 1972 FILE: TO : FILE

FROM : [REDACTED] b6 Per BOC TASOS Staff b7C Per BOC

SUBJECT: Identification Procedure

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On February 12, 1972 at approximately 1100 hours, I was at the [REDACTED] when an b6 Per BOC employee, [REDACTED] mentioned that she had read b7C Per BOC a recent article concerning the North West Orient b7E Per BOC hijacking on November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] stated that she remembered a [REDACTED] Customs Security Officer [REDACTED] which started on [REDACTED] and ended [REDACTED]

CSO [REDACTED] and a friend, CSO [REDACTED] al b6 Per BOC from [REDACTED] were talking to her about the recent b7C Per BOC hijackings and [REDACTED] told her he was a pilot. In b7E Per BOC the conversation that followed, [REDACTED] stated to her and [REDACTED] that the way to hijack a plane and escape would be to bail out using a parachute. He also stated that he could not wait to get back to the wilds of Oregon. I asked [REDACTED] if she had mentioned this to anyone else and she stated that she had talked to a Colonel several weeks before. I told [REDACTED] not to devulge any additional information concerning the in- cident.

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After leaving the cleaners, I proceeded to our office, [REDACTED] where I looked up the two individuals menti b6 Per BOC CSO [REDACTED] post of duty was Portland, Oregon and CSO b7C Per BOC [REDACTED] post of duty was New York. On Monday, b7E Per BOC [REDACTED] I mentioned the above conversation I had with [REDACTED] to my supervisor, Special Agent [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Air Security Coordinator.

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164-81-2390 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED / M FILED MAR 3 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-7184