Part 47, page 22

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r two of the guys [REDACTED] included, moved up one seat. Everything went off just like they wanted it to.

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When the pilot brought the plane in over that first light they wer to deploy the chutes. One of the chutes, along with the money bag, were thrown into the river. They opened it up and handed [REDACTED] the money. He almost jumped without the money. He released it when they passed the marker they were supposed to. It was tethered in the plane to the back seat with a long strap. The remaining part of that was cut loose with a sharp knife brought along just for that purpose.

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On the ground, [REDACTED] comes down just alittle bit past the marker light. There are two guys on the ground. [REDACTED] comes running over to him and says [REDACTED] says [REDACTED] He takes off running in the direction he had dropped the money. It was in a suitcase. They went over to the edge and from there they proceeded over to the cave. This cave is back away to the left some distance. [REDACTED] went in and turned on a small light he had in there. He had dug a place for the chute and to store part of the money. Their plan was to go around the country and cash it. He had [REDACTED] go out of the cave first and give [REDACTED] share to this other guy because he did not want him waiting around when he came out of the cave.

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There is a place a short distance from the cave where [REDACTED] would hole up and live. He has been there before in making a movie or something of this sort at one time. I would describe it only as being a kind of little crossroad there. They have a little shack, like the sort of thing fruit pickers stay in. It is a dusty place. [REDACTED] stays here with his son. His [REDACTED] and he is about [REDACTED] years old. [REDACTED] called his son because he felt he was having a heart attack and he had his son go over to the cave. He described to the boy exactly what he wanted him to do. The son went in the cave and found the little shelf that his father had dug in the wall of the cave with the dirt packed in it. He has one chute over the top of thie suitcase. The boy pulled the suitcase out. The parachute was also there. He was to cover them back up. The boy did what he was told only when he pulled the suitcase off the ledge he was in a hurry to get out of there and the suitcase edge caught on the parachute and pulled it out on the floor of the cave. The boy threw the suitcase out the opening and brought it back.

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As the boy was coming back to where his dad was, there were some other kids playing around the crossroads. A kid came up and the son opened the suitcase and showed this kid all the money that was in it. There was not that much still in it. His dad called him from the doorway and told him to come on in. They soon took off from that place and the suitcase was left in the attic. It had only a business card in it with some initials, 3-4 sets of initials.

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They then were to go to this meeting. They put on a [REDACTED] etc. in the [REDACTED] did not show at first. Finally he came, but he had not gotten all the money cashed. He thought he should have a bigger share of the money because now the FBI was notified by the guy who found the suitcase and they had spotted all this money. He felt that since the FBI knew who he was, or was on his tail, he should have a bigger share of the money to keep on the run, to keep out of their hands. It was important that he not be caught. I think most of them went along with that idea. Some of them had gotten their shares, but one share had not been passed. They arranged a place to pass money and information.

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in port [guess: alive]

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