San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland re NORJAK suspect's California business and contacts

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TO: SEATTLE (164-81) [handwritten: 1016 pm FEE] SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) [handwritten: 930 pm CRH] LOS ANGELES (164-497) [handwritten: 1000 pm DAB] PORTLAND (164-41) [handwritten: 1029 pm AJW]

FROM: SAN DIEGO (164-91)

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NORJAK

RE SUSPECT [redacted - b6/b7C] [redacted - b6/b7C/b7D]

CALIFORNIA, ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN INSTANT, SAID HE IS ALMOST POSITIVE HE KNOWS THE NAME [handwritten interlinear: [illegible] of person] WHO HIJACKED INSTANT PLANE ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. HE REQUESTED ANONYMITY AND THAT HE BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY REWARD MONEY THAT MIGHT BE OFFERED FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE HIJACKER, BASED ON HIS INFORMATION.

HE SAID ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, HE SAW ARTIST CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER AT ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPERS AND IT STRUCK HIM AS CLOSELY RESEMBLING A MAN HE KNOWS AS [redacted - b6/b7C/b7D]

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1 - 164-91 FJW:lse (1) [signature/initials] [approval signature] Approved: ____________ Sent ____________ M Per ____________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-138

[stamp: SEARCHED ... INDEXED] [stamp: SERIALIZED ... FILED] [stamp: DB Cooper-59] [handwritten: 1 U or 1 D (upper right)]

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[REDACTED] WHO WAS IN BUSINESS FROM ABOUT [REDACTED] THROUGH [REDACTED] IN A BUSINESS NAMED [REDACTED] WITH AN OFFICE AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] WAS AFFILIATED IN THAT BUSINESS TO A MAN NAMED [REDACTED] AND ANOTHER MAN, NAME UNKNOWN FROM [REDACTED] HE SAID THIS FIRM [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] WAS EXTREMELY DESPERATE FOR MONEY. HE ADVISED [REDACTED] ALSO HAD AN OFFICE AND A HOUSE IN [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT HIS ASSOCIATE, [REDACTED] LIVED IN THE [REDACTED] TELEPHONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] BELIEVES [REDACTED] NOW HAS [REDACTED] BUSINESS [REDACTED] HE SAID- [REDACTED] ALSO FOR A WHILE

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Approved: _________________ Sent _________________M Per _________________DB Cooper-60 Special Agent in Charge ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

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IN NINETEEN SEVENTY DASH SEVENTYONE, HAD A MAILING ADDRESS OF [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND TWO TELEPHONE NUMBERS [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

WHICH [REDACTED] BELIEVES WERE LOCATED IN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES. HE SAID THE LATTER TELEPHONE NUMBER WAS GOOD FOR [REDACTED] UNTIL ABOUT [REDACTED] NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.

[REDACTED] SAID [REDACTED] IS BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD SOME DEALINGS WITH [REDACTED] FOLLOWING ABOVE [REDACTED] CAPACITY AND [REDACTED] NAME UNKNOWN, DURING THE PAST YEAR AND [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES AND LIVES IN [strikethrough: [illegible]] AN AREA [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.

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Approved: ________________________ Sent ____________ M Per ____________ DB Cooper-61 Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

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HE ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN BUSINESS IN [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND USED TO [REDACTED] A [REDACTED] WHICH [REDACTED] BELIEVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA AIRPORT. [REDACTED] BELIEVES THIS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO BE AN EXCELLENT [REDACTED] HE BELIEVES [REDACTED] BUT THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON HE THINKS [REDACTED] COULD BE THE HIJACKER BECAUSE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE HIJACKER PARACHUTED FROM THE AIRPLANE.

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Approved: ____________________ Sent __________M Per __________ DB Cooper-62 Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

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[REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] SAID HE COULD NOT BE MORE DEFINITIVE RE THIS [REDACTED] HE ALSO SAID [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NAME UNKNOWN, WHO IS [REDACTED] AND WHO MAY STILL BE IN [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA AREA. HE SAID THIS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEEN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NAME UNKNOWN, IN [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, WHO USES THE [REDACTED] HE SAID [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, WOULD KNOW THE NAME OF THIS [REDACTED] BECAUSE HE REFERRED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] WMA, FORTYTWO TO FORTYSIX YEARS, FIVE FEET NINE TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY, HAIR LIGHT BROWN, RECEDING, REGULAR CUT, EYES BELIEVED BLUE, AND OCCASIONALLY WEARS GLASSES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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Approved: ____________________ Sent ______________ M Per ______________ DB Cooper-63 Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

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LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. DETERMINE FURTHER IDENTITY AND LOCATION OF [REDACTED] AND ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS AT TIME OF HIJACKING.

PENDING.

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[REDACTED] is available for recontact and said he would attempt to be of further assistance in connection with suspect [REDACTED] Recommend lead be assigned for recontact with [REDACTED] California.

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Approved: _______________________ · Sent _______________M Per ______________ DB Cooper-64 Special Agent in Charge ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135