SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Bradley Earl Ayers
Document date 1 December 1972
Also filed at: Part 58 pp. 3–4
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Id: Cooper-Part-114:240-241
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-114:240-241 Document: Airtel SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Bradley Earl Ayers Id: Cooper-Part-114:240-241 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-114%3A240-241 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 114 pp. 240–241 (DB Cooper-52193–52194), Airtel, dated 1 Dec 1972, serial SE 164-81-1A (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-114%3A240-241
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/1/72
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Via AIRTEL (Priority)
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TO: [REDACTED] SAC, SEATTLE FROM [REDACTED] SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (Seattle File: 164-81)
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OO: SEATTLE (Seattle File: 164-129)
Re Seattle airtel to Bureau, 11/8/72, concerning [REDACTED] 164-81-1a (353) b6 b7C
Enclosed for Seattle are two photographs of BRADLEY E. AYERS.
On 11/30/72, a photograph of [REDACTED] was displayed to Northwest Airlines Stewardess [REDACTED] and on 12/1/72, to [REDACTED] who advised that he in no manner resembled the Unknown Subject involved in Norjak.
Sub: BRADLEY EARL AYERS X Sub 544
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AYERS was suggested to the Minneapolis Office as b6 a possible suspect by Washington County, Minnesota Sheriff b7C ED WESTPHAL, Stillwater, Minnesota. WESTPHAL had a confidential
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(4) - Seattle (164-81) (Enc. 2) [handwritten notations] (2 - 164-129) 2 - Minneapolis RWG:kao Approved: _____________ Sent ________ M (6) Special Agent in Charge
SEARCHED ............INDEXED............ SERIALIZED ............FILED............ DEC4 1972
U.S. Govern[ment]
DB COOPER-52193
MP 164-73
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source, who considered AYERS to be the type of individual who could have perpetrated the Norjak hijacking.
AYERS is described as follows:
Name BRADLEY E. AYERS Residence Route #1, Lake Elmo, Minnesota Date of Birth March 7, 1935 Height 5' 8" Weight 160 lbs. Date appointed March, 1970 Occupation Commercial Pilot; Bradley E. and Lee Ayers Insurance Company, 2933 Manning Avenue North Lake Elmo, Minnesota
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AYERS had been considered a suspect by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, St. Paul, Minnesota, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Photographs taken during the course of this investigation were displayed to Northwest Airlines stewardesses [REDACTED] on 11/30/72 and [REDACTED] on 12/1/72; and both stewardesses advised AYERS in no way resembled the Unknown Subject involved in Norjak.
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LEAD
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Will display photographs of AYERS as deemed appropriate to witnesses involved in Norjak.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-52194
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Serials: 164-129, MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1A