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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

In Reply, Please Refer to File No. [REDACTED] P. O. Box #3007 Butte, Montana 59702 March 28, 1983

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Mr. Byron H. Dunbar U. S. Attorney Billings, Montana 59103

Attention: [REDACTED] Assistant U. S. Attorney

Re: [REDACTED] doing business as [REDACTED] Billings, Montana HOBBS ACT - COMMERCIAL INSTITUTION

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Dear Mr. Dunbar:

This letter is to confirm a conversation with [REDACTED] Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA), of your office and Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] of the FBI on March 14, 1983, at which time the following information was discussed:

On March 14, 1983, [REDACTED] Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office, Billings, Montana, advised that he had received a cassette recording from an individual who wished not to be identified. The individual had recently purchased a cassette recorder from a local pawn shop and later found that the recorder contained a cassette with a statement made by a person who identified himself as [REDACTED]

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On the tape, [REDACTED] refers to a meeting he had with an [REDACTED] in Minneapolis and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of the Airline Transportation Association with Northwest Orient Airlines. This meeting was held in the Logan Airport lobby and consisted of [REDACTED] asking the airline officials for 1.5 million dollars in a loan for developing a security system. [REDACTED] was advised that the airlines were not interested and the meeting was terminated.

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On February 10, 1983, airline officials again [guess: met] with [REDACTED] with the intention of discussing airline security; however, [REDACTED] proceeded to advise airline [guess: officials] officials of a hijacking scenario that he had planned. [guess: Na...]

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