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the next morning he received a call from CHRISMAN who told him thet Lie snant BROWN and Yaptain DAVIDSON had been killed ir B-25 crash. He stated he does not know how CHRISMAN knew who had been in stated that during the above conference numerous telephone calls were received from the press, wanting to kmow about the conference. He stated that someone kept tipping the press off es to what what was being said daily verbatim. He informed that PAUL MORELLO, United Press men at Tacoma, appeared to know all that took the conference, and even knew of the crash of the B-25 and those re the Army released this information. Mr. ARNOLD informed that news of the crash, that he and Captain SMITH fully expected to be con ced by Army Intelligence, as they were the last people with Lieutenant BROWN and Captain DAVIDSON, however, they were never contacted. the plane before anyone else. He also was going on and wv le further stated that he and Captain SMITH went down to the Uni fress t e what the survivors of the cresh had informed about the crash anc that MORELLO had told them that the mysterious informant who had been calling had told him that the B-25 had not crashed, but had beens hot down, also that {ORELLO's Army informant had said that an observer at Kelso, Washingto seen the plane throw out a landing flare after the two survivors had jumped n, had from the plane, and that the plane had gone into a steep dive and dove into a hillside, and further that one engine had been on fire, but that the apperatus, protecting the engine, had failed to function. thet DAHL then came to see him and Captain SMITH and told forget about the discs, that such things as the B-25 crash to him all along. 1 him thet the deal was off and that if he wanted his $200.00 back, he could have it; that two men had been killed and he was cetting frizhtened of the whole thing. He stated that PALM®R informed him that it was all right with him to keep the $200.00, however, he would send him an additional check for the trouble he had put to. Mr. ARNOLD advised that previous to this telephone call, Captain SMITH had called his friend, MORRI DDY, of the Yhicazo Times and had told him that he did not have any faith in Army +ntelligence and for RODDY to an investigation on PALMER and get to the bottom of this disc fantasy. OLD also advised thet previous to the two above telephone calls, he head asked the press to investigate PALVPR, as Army Intelligence had informed him tht they could not find PALMER and knew nothing concerning him, and appeared not to Mr. ARNOLD stated tt he then called Mr. PALMER at Chicago and told s be interested in PALMER, who seemed to know more about the flying discs than anyone else. Tinek] I's stated that he personally thinks that PAI s somethines ind thet DAHL and CHRISMA him to iw 5 talk unless PALMER tells et to the bottom of the disc fr > story : Zz ided to go to Mauri Island Sunday, August 3, o4— =