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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

July 16, 1967

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Security-C

For CIP Supervisor Only

Contact has been established in Montreal with an individual who shows promise He identified hierprints revealed that nahth year of a 20-year sentence at Missouri State Penitentiary for armed robbery when he escaped on April 23, 1967 Currently GALT is an active fugitive in Montreal seeking a passport and passage to South Africa or South Ae a to secure work on an international freighter GALT o We would like to proceed with further vetting Depending on your decision relative to that request, we can alert the local authorities of his presence for capture

July 19, 1967

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Security-C

For CIP Supervisor Only

In reply to your specific inquiries, GALT is forty-one years old, slender, fair-skinned, clean-shaven, with black hair flecked with gray at the sideburns, worn oiled and straight back Psychiatric records have been obtained from the Missouri prison system They note he is not mentally ill, but is a “complicated individual” He possesses a sociopathic personality and is severely neurotic Perhaps even a pathological liar IQ noted at 106 He suffers from undue anxiety and has clear obsessive-co on a hypochondriac He’s noted as introverted, distracted, and rarely returns a gaze He’s a career crilary and ar served 13 years in four different prisons Our point of contact operative notes he rarely tips servers, never laughs, and is overly paranoid about police (understandable, given he is a fugitive) Records indicate he was born in Alton, Illinois, raised Catholic, growing up in Ewing, Missouri, during the Depression His current main roup, but adroes and Jews His personal ”

I glanced up fro

Both reports were signed by James Jansen, SAIC

Special agent in charge

All of the documents inside the three file folders within the waterproof case were photographs Not photocopies Actual pictures of documents

Which made sense

In the late 1960s copiers existed, but they were rare Duplicates then werecarbon paper

“Valdez seems to have taken pictures of Jansen’s file,” I said to Coleen

The pages seeher up the FBI ladder I knew that the bureau was legendary for its records thoroughness, particularly at that ti then had been ate, pre–Church Coht those documents would become public record

We lifted out another page

October 25, 1967

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Security-C

For CIP Supervisor Only

After six weeks her than the other three candidates currently being vetted He fits nearly perfectly the psychological profile we are seeking In his discussions with our point of contact operative, he’s revealed a burning desire to better himself, to be somebody As with the other three candidates, a simulated field test was approved Our point of contact operative proes across the Canadian border into Detroit We considered this a low-risk operation If he failed he would be caught, discovered a fugitive, and returned to prison Nothing could be traced back to us, as he knows little to nothing about the point of contact operative The actual package sal phar tasks, though, showing a remarkable tenacity under pressure

Based on those successes, GALT was asked if he wanted to perfor trips froreed, provided he was paid a sufficient areed upon and GALT left Montreal, traveling to Alabaiven additionalwith Alaba expenses He requested, and was provided, a revolver but was told to keep it in the Mustang