Part 59, page 213

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[REDACTED] then admitted telephoning [REDACTED] [REDACTED] late one night in early February, 1972, exact date not recalled, and telling him, as he had related before, that he had talked to the hijacker and wanted to talk to [REDACTED] in detail. He then admitted that he identified himself to [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] also admitted he made a reservation at the Swept Wing Motel near the SEA-TAC Airport for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] for February 16, 1972, and that he specified that the room be a groundfloor room. [REDACTED] stated he did this in case the FBI were tailing [REDACTED] and he did not want to get "busted."

He stated he told [REDACTED] his story based on his supposition of the hijacking, as he has related before. [REDACTED] denied he introduced the man in the photo- graph wearing the wig or the black and white knit cap or anyone else to [REDACTED] on the night of February 16, 1972.

He stated that on this particular night, he gave [REDACTED] his business card and told him his name was [REDACTED] and not [REDACTED]. He further stated after their discussion they went across the street and had some- thing to eat.

[REDACTED] admitted that subsequently he met [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, exact date unre- called. He stated at first he thought it was a Saturday night, but now believes it probably was a Monday night, possibly February 21, 1972.

He stated he was interviewed by [REDACTED] all that day, and no one else was present when he gave background on himself and details [REDACTED] based on his suppo- sition of how the hijacking occurred.

He stated he then went to dinner that night with [REDACTED] and his wife, and that that night [REDACTED] paid him [REDACTED] cash for which he signed a [REDACTED] for expenses in- curred [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated the only man he introduced to [REDACTED] at the Edgewater Inn was [REDACTED] a real

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