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a - ‘ hu Office Men... ....dum + onired 01... GOVERNMENT 65-477 £ TO : Director, FBI ugust 27, 1947 Wh : SAC, Butte 4 SUBJECT: Re Seattle tels August 7, 1947, and August 12, 1947, in the above captioned matter. KENN PRMARYOLD, Route 1, Mountain View Drive, Boise, Idaho, was inter- viewed at the Boise Resident Agency, Boise, Idaho, by SA JOSEPH E. ; PE on Mr. ARNOLD advised that he received a letter from RAYMOND A. Venture Press, Evenston, Illinois, dated June 26, 1947, in which . PALA ZR advised thet he was interested in publishing an aruisis in his magazine concerning the flying discs seen by Mr. ARNOLD near Mount Reinier on June 24, 1947, which letter is being enclosed to the Bureau. Mr. ARNOLD stated that he did not give mch thought to PALMER's letter until PALMER wrote him agein end informed him that FRED TRISMAN end HAROLD A. HL of Tacoma, Washington, had sent him fregments of a flying disc and that he would like him (ARNOLD) to go to Tacoma, Washington, and contact CHRISMAN and DAHL to find out if there was any truth in their story about the disc fragments. He steted that he did not enswer PALVER's letter, but inquired of several friends for their opinion in the matter, end that they all told him if PAL desired to pay his expenses to go to Tacoma, = Washington, and look into this matter, that they did not see where he had enything © to lose. He informed that he gave a talk at the Boise Ad Club on duly 25, 1947, about the flying discs he had seen, and also of the request contained in PALME A letter to go to Tacoma to investigate additional information regarding the find- Aine of disc fregments by CHRISI end DAHL. Ae “ " ARNOLD advised thet following his talk, he was approached by a person, who said he knew both CHRISMAN and DAHL and that they were very reliable individuals. He stated that after thinking it over, he called PALMER by telephone end at which time he informed PALMER that he would contact Ct and DAHL end investigate the matter regarding the dise fregments, if PALMER would send him $200.00 expense money. He also advised that he received $200.00 expense money from PALMER vie Western Union the next morning. He informed that he left for Tacoma, Washington, via his personal plane on July 30, 1947. Upon arriving at Pendleton, Oregon, he told his story to EDYBEACH, ChA, Ins ae, from Portland, Oregon, who advised him to go ehead with his investifation’ He : - room at the J E E pacarha cd that ee iy 2B ec ‘geSEp stelepione to make arrangements to talk to him regerdin n ad He advised that SS, DAHL insisted on coming to the hotel room imm: arriving et Mr. ARNOLD's hotel room, DAHL stated that he wanted to forget Sere tac AEA discs as too meny things hed been Pevpening to him, and advised Mr. ARN our Yn home and forget about the discs. Mr. ARNOLD stated that he informed DAHL thet he wanted to obtain all COPIES DESTROYED see ~ 270 NOV 18 1964