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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 12/29/71

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TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, PORTLAND SAC, SAN FRANCISCO

FROM : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE

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RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO SAC, ALBANY DECEMBER SEVEN LAST.

[REDACTED], MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED HE IS OF OPINION THERE ARE PROBABLY NO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PARACHUTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WOULD HAVE THE SKILL TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY JUMPED FROM THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN.

[REDACTED], WHO HOLDS A CLASS D LICENSE, SUGGESTED CONTACT WITH U. S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THIS ASSOCIATION COULD FURNISH IDENTITY AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE DATA OF HOLDERS OF CLASS D LICENSES. HE FURTHER POINTED OUT MOST PARACHUTISTS ARE ALSO PILOTS AND COULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF FLIGHT PROCEDURES AS WAS EVIDENCED BY THIS PARTI- CULAR HIGHJACKER.

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Searched Serialized In [illegible] Filed [illegible] (1) - Minneapolis Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent PD - 5:45P M Per [illegible] SF - 5:49P SE - 6:32P U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135