SA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Edward Berne Adams, Sub 337
Document date 3 March 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-108:011-012 Document: Memo SA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Edward Berne Adams, Sub 337 Id: Cooper-Part-108:011-012 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-108%3A011-012 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 108 pp. 11–12 (DB Cooper-48964–48965), Memo, dated 3 Mar 1972, serial SE 164-81-3399 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-108%3A011-012
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 3/3/72
SA [REDACTED]
NORJAK
RE: SUSPECT EDWARD BERNE ADAMS Sub 337
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Re Indianapolis airtel to Seattle, dated 2/11/72.
On February 16, 1972, the files of the Tacoma Police Department were caused to be searched and produced no record identifiable with EDWARD BYRNE ADAMS.
On February 16, 1972, the files of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, Tacoma, Washington, were caused to be searched and produced no record identifiable with EDWARD BYRNE ADAMS.
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On February 18, 1972, [REDACTED] Sumner, Washington, advised confiden- tially that the owner of Post Office Box 429, Sumner, Wash- ington, is a Mr. E. B. ADAMS. At the time of applying for the Post Office Box, ADAMS indicated that he was employed with the Behavioral Research Laboratories giving a business address of Route 1, Box 405AB, Sumner, Washington, telephone No. TH 5-0541. The home address was listed as the same with a telephone No. WN 3-1661. The driver's license at the time of registration was B763BG. [REDACTED] advised that he [REDACTED] ADAMS frequently and has gotten to know him on sight. [REDACTED] stated that he has taken the time to talk with ADAMS in the past and stated that ADAMS looks nothing like the artist's conception of D. B. COOPER, the person responsible for the NORJAK hijack- ing. [REDACTED] described ADAMS as follows:
Age Approximately 50 Height 6' Weight 180 lbs. Good-looking in appearance, Gray hair, poor complexion, sickly in appearance.
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[guess: Sub].337 164-81-3399 SEARCHED ......INDEXED...... [guess: SERIALIZED]...[guess: FILED]...[illegible] [illegible] FBI—SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-48964
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b6 b7C
SE 164-81
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[REDACTED] stated that to his knowledge, ADAMS has been present before and after the hijacking with no interrup- tion in postal service during the Thanksgiving holiday.
[REDACTED] was shown a copy of the artist's concep- tion of D. B. COOPER, and he stated [REDACTED] look nothing like the sketch with regard to facial features. [REDACTED] knows of no reason to suspect ADAMS, as the subject of this hijacking and felt [REDACTED] would not be physically able to have parachuted, even if he knew how to. [REDACTED] also ob- served no interruption in ADAMS' postal service.
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Due to the above, it is felt that ADAMS can be eliminated as a suspect.
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b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-48965
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3399