Part 59, page 253

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SE 164-81

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At Washington, D.C.

On 4/15/72, Attorney [REDACTED] Atlanta, Georgia, contacted the Department of Justice at Washington, D.C., and made available a [REDACTED] which had been prepared by the [REDACTED] which he represented and was to be submitted to an unidentified [REDACTED] later that week. [REDACTED] advised that the [REDACTED] allegedly based on an [REDACTED] hijacked a Northwest Airlines plane on Thanksgiving Eve, 11/24/71, after securing $200,000 and then parachuting from the plane.

Also submitted with the [REDACTED] was a photograph, supposedly of the hijacker.

[REDACTED] in contacting the Department, requested immunity for his client, who according to [REDACTED] had nothing to do with the hijacking and came into the picture long after it had occurred.

The [REDACTED] consists of a [REDACTED] and the [REDACTED]

Also submitted on 4/15/72, with the above [REDACTED] were two photographs; number 1, a standup photo of a man with sunglasses wearing a black and white knitted hat and showing a [REDACTED] on his shirt front; number 2, an enlargement of the head and shoulders of the man in photograph number one.

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At Seattle, Washington

On 4/21/72, a review was made of the [REDACTED] to determine all possible identifying information of the person alleged to be the hijacker. However, extensive investigation based on that information, failed to identify the [REDACTED]

The information set forth in the [REDACTED] purportedly provided by the [REDACTED] as to [REDACTED] was thoroughly reviewed and disclosed numerous discrepancies with the conditions which actually occurred during the hijacking.

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