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we ‘ JZ ya NR@B7 SE PLAIN 6:43 PM NITEL 5/18/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) WENNEAPOLIS (164-73) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) @) WEEKLY SUMMARY ¥ NORJAK« \ “SEATTLE IS CONTINUING TO CHECK OUT NUMEROUS SUSPECTS BUT RESULTS TO DATE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE. , [SEATTLE FLAG, INC.,” HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED 6 AND DECLINED TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO, HE STATES, SOLD A STORY -L___ J ALLEGING To BE THE HIJACKER IN THIS CASE. HE DOES AD- | NIT PAYING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE STORY WHICH WAS RECEIVED ON TAPES AND STATES THAT THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL REPRODUCED IN THE SEATILE FLAG WAS MADE FROM A PHOTO OF A TWENTY DOLLAR BILL PROVIDED BY THE PERSON FROM WHOM HE BOUGHT THE STORY. NORMAL CIRCULATION OF THE “SEATTLE FLAG” 1S TWENTYFIVE THOU- SAND COPIES, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE “D. B. COOPER” STORY SOLD TWENTYEIGHT THOUSAND COPIES. ‘ THEY WERE PREPARING TO PRINT AN ADDITIONAL TWENTYFIVE THOUSAND COPIES WHEN THE NEWSPAPERS CARRIED CERNING THEIR HOAX STORY SOLD TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE. END PAGE ONE . | \L 4-81-8335" DB Cooper-8248