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SE 164-81 the smoke jumpers who boarded the plane at Sandpoint, Idaho. The pilot and the man that looked like the hijacker both sat in the forward cabin and it is quite possible that the pilot discussed the operations of the 727 aircraft and the requirements for jumping from same, while. seated with the two smoke jumpers. stated that he wrote to Senator JACKSON b6 because he felt that the hijacker would never identified bic until information was obtained from the.CIA. | [stated that if the FBI were to locate and identify the pilot, then the CIA would have to identify this man as having been a ’ pilot for the CIA and admit that_they have been dropping personnel in Southeastern Asia. tated that this could have serious political implications when it is learned by the Chinese and could ruin the upcoming visit by President NIXON to China. [___|stated that as a result of the hijacking we were to uncover this activity by the CIA, this could be the biggest blunder since the U2 incident. It is for this reason that feels we will never get to the bottom of the hijacking and solve it until possibly after the proposed conference by President NIXON in Mainland China. At one point during the interview, | ___]nade b6 referenc t activity in writing for Communist news- b7c papers. [Lf ctained that he at one point wrote a report which had been used by the Intelligence Division and which had been hand-delivered by the Governor of the State of Washington to then President HARRY TRUMAN. Seattle indices rous references in security investigations, for It is recommended that these indices references be thoroughly reviewed before a reply is prepared as requested by Senator JACKSON. DB Cooper-593