Part 35, page 259

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LA 164-497

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3) [REDACTED] was financially in dire circumstances, would not let the legality of anything stand in the way of making money, and was intelligent enough to concoct plans for the hijacking.

4) About one and a half years ago [REDACTED] visited at his home in Redlands, California, for over a month. During a discussion of finances [REDACTED] made a comment,

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5) [REDACTED] legally changed his name about two years ago to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] asking for a letter of recommen- dation to cover the last one and a half years. [REDACTED] wanted [REDACTED] for the year and a half. In the letter [REDACTED] stated he had [REDACTED] graduated from Portland State University in [REDACTED] and at the time the letter was written, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] recalled that sometime in late 1971 or early 1972 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Oregon with [REDACTED]

6) From telephone conversations [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Oregon, he had gathered the financial circumstances [REDACTED] had improved greatly in 1972 and 1973. He had heard that [REDACTED] after being terminated at Boeing in Seattle, had obtained a position with Burroughs Corporation in Portland for a short period of time, but was not believed regularly employed after that.

7) [REDACTED] noted that the name "COOPER" used by the hijacker is [REDACTED] possibly [REDACTED] in Lakeside, Oregon.

8) He has heard that [REDACTED] (last name unknown) [REDACTED] owns considerable [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-13230