NITEL SAC Seattle to Director re NORJAK: Murphy recontact, photo showings, and Fleming
Document date 28 April 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-109:283-290 Document: NITEL SAC Seattle to Director re NORJAK: Murphy recontact, photo showings, and Fleming Id: Cooper-Part-109:283-290 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-109%3A283-290 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 109 pp. 283–290 (DB Cooper-4979, DB Cooper-49787, DB Cooper-49788, DB Cooper-49789, DB Cooper-49791, DB Cooper-49792, DB Cooper-49793, DB Cooper-49795), Teletype, dated 28 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-109%3A283-290
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 4/28/72
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(-P-) DAILY SUMMARY
NORJAK.
DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY RECONTACTED TODAY. DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED UPON ADVICE OF ATTORNEY AND WOULD NOT SUBMIT TO AN INTERVIEW WITH POLYGRAPH. AND PHOTOS MAJOR CASE PRINTS/OF MURPHY AS WELL AS PHOTO OF
[REDACTED] WITH AND WITHOUT BEARD, FORWARDED TO b6 b7C BUREAU TODAY.
KNOWN SIGNATURE OF [REDACTED] /FORWARDED. [REDACTED]
COULD NOT BE LOCATED TODAY FOR ADDITIONAL HANDWRITING SPECIMENS. SUGGEST SAME ARE AVAILABLE ON FINGERPRINT CARDS PRESENTLY ON IDENT.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO FORWARD RECORD OF [REDACTED], FBI NUMBER [REDACTED] b6 b7C WITNESSES [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] STEWARDESSES, REVIEWED THE MOST RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BALDING MAN WITH SUNGLASSES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY, AND ADVISED HE IS NOT IDENTICAL WITH THE HIJACKER.
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CEF:klb (3) 164-81-3149
Approved: ____________ Sent __________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB COOPER-49787
SE 164-81 PAGE TWO
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[REDACTED] IS PRESENTLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND PHOTO HAS BEEN FORWARDED FOR DISPLAY TO HER. [REDACTED] VIEWED ABOVE PHOTO AND ADVISED NOT IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER. [REDACTED] AT EUGENE, OREGON, ADVISES THERE ARE SOME FACIAL FEATURES IN THE ABOVE PHOTO, SIMILAR TO THE HIJACKER, BUT HE COULD NOT MAKE AN IDENTIFICATION. [REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE, AT PORTLAND, VIEWED PHOTO AND ADVISED NOT IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER. LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO CHECK WESTERN AND UNITED AIRLINES RECORDS TO VERIFY FLEMING'S TRAVEL TO SEATTLE ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY SIXTEEN AND TWENTY, SEVENTYTWO. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MURPHY HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO TO BE SHOWN TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE PERSON [REDACTED] IN SEATTLE ON FEBRUARY TWENTYTHREE, SEVENTYTWO.
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DB COOPER-49788
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
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PAGE THREE
RECORDS [REDACTED] PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, REFLECTED ON APRIL TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYTWO, THAT DONALD S. MURPHY OPENED A CHECKING ACCOUNT ON MARCH TWENTYSEVEN, SEVENTYTWO. THE ACCOUNT, NUMBER FIVE ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO TWO DASH THREE SEVEN SEVEN, IN THE NAME OF THE RENARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. AT SIX SIX ZERO EIGHT, KITSAP WAY, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, WAS OPENED WITH AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH. A CASH DEPOSIT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WAS MADE ON MARCH THIRTY ONE, SEVENTYTWO. NO OTHER DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE. [REDACTED]
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Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge
DB COOPER-49789 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
SE 164-81 PAGE FIVE
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WITH REFERENCE TO MURPHY'S STORY THAT HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ATTEMPT TO SELL SOME PROPERTY TO A WOMAN [REDACTED] IN SEATTLE, [REDACTED] COVE RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE, WAS INTERVIEWED ON APRIL TWENTYEIGHT INSTANT. SHE SAID TO HER KNOWLEDGE SHE [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] SHE IS CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO DIVEST HERSELF OF SOME OF THEIR REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS. SHE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR HER TO INVEST MONEY IN ANY PROPERTY; HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANYONE BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] AND DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE PHOTO OF [REDACTED] OR DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY.
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NEW YORK OFFICE RECONTACTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED], THIS DATE. HE ADVISED [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER-49791
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SE 164-81 PAGE SIX
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FLEMING HAS ADVISED [REDACTED] THIS DATE, HE
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED] ADVISED HE COULD NOT [REDACTED]
WITHOUT FLEMING'S CONSENT.
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NEW YORK REQUESTED LOS ANGELES TO CONTACT
FLEMING AND REQUESTED HE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AND TO ASCERTAIN IF FLEMING HAD ADDITIONAL
[REDACTED BLOCK]
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SEATTLE TELEPHONICALLY REQUESTED LOS ANGELES
TO CONTACT FLEMING AT ONCE, ATTEMPTING TO [REDACTED]
PRIOR TO THIS CONTACT, THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED
WITH USA STAN PITKIN, SEATTLE, AND MR. PITKIN ADVISED IF
FLEMING DID NOT VOLUNTARILY INSTITUTE STEPS TO [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] HE WOULD ISSUE SUBPOENA
DUCES TECUM FOR THEM AT ONCE. LOS ANGELES WAS REQUESTED
TO SO ADVISE FLEMING.
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DB COOPER-49792
[illegible classification stamp]
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SE 164-81 PAGE SEVEN
WITH REFERENCE TO BUREAU TELETYPE APRIL TWENTYSEVEN, LAST, NO ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO REVIEW BOEING RECORDS SINCE THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY.
LOS ANGELES RECONTACTED KARL FLEMING TODAY AND REQUESTED HIM TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE FBI, [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] b7C b7D FLEMING RESPONDED HE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] REGARDING THE HIJACKING SO HE WOULD [REDACTED] IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HE ADDED [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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FLEMING STATED HAD BEEN INFORMED BY "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE, NEW YORK, THAT THE STORY [REDACTED] WAS OF b6 DUBIOUS AUTHENTICITY. AT THIS POINT HE WAS INFORMED THE b7C FBI HAD IDENTIFIED THE BALDING WHITE MALE DEPICTED IN THE b7D PICTURE FURNISHED BY HIM THROUGH [REDACTED] IN NEW YORK. FLEMING RESPONDED "HAVE I BEEN TAKEN?" FLEMING WAS TOLD AGENTS WERE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION; HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WAS BEING CONDUCTED BY FBI TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER
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DB COOPER-49793
SE 164-81 PAGE EIGHT
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VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW WITHIN FBI JURISDICTION HAS BEEN COMMITTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FLEMING ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE ANY CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST [REDACTED] OR THE MAN HE KNEW AS D.B. COOPER. FLEMING WAS TOLD FBI IS STRICTLY INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY AND WHETHER OR NOT PROSECUTION UNDERTAKEN IS WITHIN PURVIEW OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. FLEMING WAS TOLD [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ESSENTIAL TO FBI CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND HE RESPONDED [REDACTED] FLEMING CLAIMS HE HAS NO OBJECTION [REDACTED] TO FBI BUT SINCE HE, FLEMING, DOES NOT KNOW LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, HE DESIRES REQUEST BE MADE TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MAGAZINE, NEW YORK. FLEMING NOTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NEW YORK. LOS ANGELES RECOMMENDED NEW YORK RECONTACT [REDACTED] IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER-4979[4]
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LAST PAGE
SE 164-81 9
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BUREAU REQUESTED IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF RECEIPT FROM NEW YORK, TO HAVE LABORATORY COMPARE [REDACTED] SIGNATURE WITH THAT ON FINGERPRINT CARD UNDER FBI [REDACTED] AND SIGNATURE ON WAIVER OF RIGHTS FORM BEING FORWARDED VIA PILOT COURIER FROM SEATTLE [REDACTED]. TELEPHONICALLY ADVISE SEATTLE OF RESULTS. IN ADDITION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION OF IDENT DIVISION SHOULD EXAMINE RECEIPT TO DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] OR MURPHY'S FINGERPRINTS PRESENT.
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[REDACTED] HAS ADVISED HE WILL INFORM SEATTLE FBI, A.M., MAY ONE NEXT, WHETHER HE WILL TAKE POLYGRAPH TEST.
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USA STAN PITKIN, WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, ADVISED HE DESIRES TO STUDY FACTS OF CASE, IN DETAIL TWENTYNINETH INSTANT, TO DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY, NATURE OF CHARGES TO BE FILED.
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BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED.
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DB COOPER-49795
Serials: 164-2111, 50-2-377, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3149