Part 96, page 138

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RE DE AQ JOBS D COOPER

THIS EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE ACTUAL FLIGHT WITH COOPER. A[illegible]T THIS WAS ONE OF THE [illegible]EARE BY WHICH THE ONLY [illegible]T KILLERS IN THE APPROXIMATE AREA THAT COOPER JUMPED FROM THE PLANE. CLE[illegible] SAY[illegible]. THEY HAVE TALKED TO OFFICIALS OF THE [guess: POLICE] AIRCRAFT CORPORATION- TION AND THEY SAY THAT A DROP OF CASH PROCEDURES, SUCH AS OCCURRED, WOULD NOT BE APPARENT TO THE CREW.

JOB HAS TALKED TO SA RALPH HIMMELSBACH WHO HAS BEEN THE CASE AGENT ON THE NORJAK CASE FOR THE PORTLAND OFFICE [illegible]1.0[illegible] 1971 AND TO SAC JOHN REED OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE. WALLACE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN COOPER[illegible] WAS IN [guess: PRICED] IN ATLANTA THE ONLY PERSON TO VISIT HIM WAS [illegible] AND IN THE ATLANTA OFFICE. IN ADDITION THEY HAVE DEVELOPED SOME INFORMATION [illegible] I [illegible] TORP[illegible]TIO. THAT COFFELT KNEW J. EDGAR HOOVER AND [guess: ELEVATION] ROBERT HUMPHREY.

USS HAS INTERVIEWED SA [guess: RALPH] HIMMELSBACH, THE CASE AGENT IN PORTLAND, AND SAC JOHN REED IN SEATTLE. WALLACE CO[illegible]TINUE THAT HIS QUESTIONS CONCERN[illegible]ING COFFELT WERE NOT A[illegible] SEPARATELY ANSWERED BY EITHER HIMMELSBACH OR REED AND IT IS HIS [guess: FEELING] THAT THE RELUCTANCE OF THE BUREAU TO TALK ABOUT COFFELT [illegible]TAIN USS TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS EITHER AN INFORMANT OR HER ACQUAINT- ANCESHIP WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER AND ROBERT HUMPHREY PRECLUDED

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