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FD-204Re ED STATEs dEparTMeNT OF STICE FEDERAL burEAU OF InVEsTigaTiOn Copy to: 1 - USA, Newark 1 - USA, San Francisco Report of: GEORGE RAY DE HARDE Date: October 9, 1969 Field Office File #: 149-347 Bureau File #: Title: TODD ALAN GITLIN Character: DESTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT OR MOTOR VEHICLE - FALSE REPORT Synopsis: Subject allegedlymade statement to the United Airlines. ticket agent at Newark Airport, Newark, N.J., on 9/27/69, that his bag contained nitroglycerine. Subject held ticket for The subject was not allowed to board and flight not delayed. In interview subject admitted making statement to the effect this his bag did contain nitroglycerine. After making statement, he realized what he had said and apoligized. It. GANNoN, Port Authority Police, Newark Airport, stated that subject apologized to him for having made the statement. AUSA GEORGE J. KOELZER, Newark, New Jersey, on 9/27/69, declined prosecution of subject in view of the fact that subject had apologized after making the statement and koeLzeR of the opinion that prosecution not in the best interest of the Government. DETAILS This investigation was predicated upon information telephonically furnished to the Newark Office of the Federal 1969, by Lieutenant THOMAs GANNON, Port Authority Police,. Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey. Lieutenant GANNoN advised that the subject had made a statement to the United Airlines ticket agent to the effect that his bag contained nitroglycerine. The subject was not allowed to board the plane and the flight was not delayed. This document contatns neither recon nendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to