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August 19, 1947
all of his infor.nation in the hands of the Army.
$'£.ITH stated that a couple
of days later he called .iajor S~NDERd at ,.,.cChord Field and asked him if there
was any recent information concerning the incident. a!ITH states that •.fajor
SMTOERS infonned him that CRISJA}T had not yet been contacted, but that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation was "setting a trap for him".
S'ITH further
advises that on Friday, August 8, 1947, he appeared before Lawyer JOHN NOLAN
at the County-City Building, Seattle and made a deposition of the facts relating
to the incidents in Tacoma from 'l'hursday afternoon, July 31, last until Sunday
morning, August 3, last.
A copy of this deposition is now in possession of the writer
and is being forwarded herewith to the Bureau. It should be noted that this
deposition is in no way as complete as the statement taken by the writer above
and any setting out of this deposition in this communication would be superfluous.
Copies of this communication are being sent to the Butte,
Portland, San Francisco and Chicago Offices for their infonnation only.
Unless
advised by the Bureau to the contrary, instant investigation is considered closed
by this office.
For the infonnation of the Bureau, Captain R. G. BJORNING,
Intelligence Officer, ~1cChord Field, Ft . Lewis, .,ashington advised at the weekly
O.P.I.- S. I .D.-F.B.I . Intelligence conference that the Public Relations Officer
at McChord Field had received a telephone call from an individual at Army Air
Forces Headquarters at ,;ashington, D. C. , during wh.ich call the Public Relations
Officer was requested to obtain a signed statement from DAHL and CRIS?'iAN which
could be published and thus publicly close the matter.
Captain BJCRNING further
related that he had no additional information in this matter and that he did
not handle it.
Very truly yours,
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