SAC Alexandria to Director, Seattle and WFO re interview of Jerry Arthur Cooper

[illegible - degraded routing/classification line] 4:16 PM URGENT SEPTEMBER 9, 1975 DKL TO: DIRECTOR (164-[guess: 9]111) (ATTENTION: GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION) SEATTLE (164-[guess: 8]1) WFO (164-169) FROM: ALEXANDRIA (164-7[guess: 9]) (P)

NORJAK, OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.

REFERENCE SUSPECT JERRY ARTHUR COOPER.

REFERENCE ALEXANDRIA TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU, SEPTEMBER 3, 1975, NO COPY TO WFO OR SEATTLE; AND ALEXANDRIA TELCOM WITH WFO, SEPTEMBER 9, 1975.

FOR INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, VIA REFERENCED TELETYPE, ALEXANDRIA ADVISED THE BUREAU THAT ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1975, CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE WITH [REDACTED] OF SUSPECT COOPER BASED ON AN ANONYMOUS CALL RECEIVED BY THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PASSED ON TO FBI ALEXANDRIA WHICH INDICATED THAT COOPER MAY BE IDENTICAL WITH D. B. COOPER, THE SUBJECT IN THE NORJAK CASE.

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[handwritten cursive near top-right, illegible, possibly a date/routing note] 164-81-[guess: 6086] (handwritten, appears partially overwritten/struck) F (single handwritten letter) DB COOPER-54579 (printed page/exhibit stamp, bottom right corner)

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COOPER SUBSEQUENTLY INTERVIEWED SEPTEMBER 8, 1975, AND DENIED INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING. COOPER, HOWEVER, ADMITTED TO BEING A SKILLED SKYDIVER, A HUNTER AND SOMEONE AT HOME IN ROUGH TERRAIN. COOPER'S PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, FURNISHED BELOW, BEARS SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THAT OF UNSUB, HOWEVER, IT IS NOTED THAT IN NOVEMBER, 1971, COOPER WAS 26 YEARS OF AGE AND UNSUB IS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN HIS MID 40'S. ADDITIONALLY, COOPER HAS SEVERAL SCARS ON HIS FACE AND HANDS WHICH ARE NOTICEABLE TO AN OBSERVER, NONE OF WHICH ARE PRESENT IN DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB. PER TELEPHONIC REQUEST MADE OF THE LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, IDENTIFICATION DIVISION ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1975, THE FINGERPRINTS OF SUSPECT COOPER AS CONTAINED ON HIS MILITARY FINGERPRINT CARD WERE COMPARED WITH LATENTS DEVELOPED IN THE NORJAK CASE. THIS COMPARISON REVEALED COOPER'S AVAILABLE FINGERPRINTS NOT IDENTICAL WITH LATENTS. DURING INTERVIEW, COOPER ADVISED THAT HE WAS EMPLOYED IN NOVEMBER, 1971, WITH THE POTOMAC CONTRACTING COMPANY, A DEFUNCT SUBSIDIARY OF D. A. FOSTER, MERRIFIELD, VIRGINIA. REVIEW OF RECORDS D. A. FOSTER COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1975, REVEALS THAT COMPANY RECORDS REFLECT THAT FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, [continues on next page]

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PAGE THREE (AX 164-7[illegible]) 1971, COOPER RECEIVED 24 HOURS REGULAR PAY AND EIGHT HOURS HOLIDAY PAY. PAYROLL OFFICER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE PERSONALLY HANDLED THE PAY RECORDS AT THAT TIME AND IT WAS AND IS FIRM COMPANY POLICY THAT AN EMPLOYEE BE PRESENT THE DAY BEFORE AND DAY AFTER A MID WEEK HOLIDAY TO RECEIVE HOLIDAY PAY. SHE STATED THAT THEREFORE, COOPER WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT WORK ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971 AND NOVEMBER 26, 1971, TO HAVE RECEIVED THE EIGHT HOURS HOLIDAY PAY SIGHTED ABOVE. AT THAT TIME COOPER WAS WORKING A JOB SITE AT F AND 6TH STREETS, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH HOURS 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PM. SUPERVISOR AT THAT TIME [REDACTED], NOW EMPLOYED CARSON AND GRUMAN, 700 T STREET, NORTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D. C. PER REFERENCED TELCOM, WFO LOCATING [REDACTED] FOR INTERVIEW REGARDING COOPER'S PRESENCE AT WORK NOVEMBER 24, 1971.

DURING COURSE OF INTERVIEW AT ALEXANDRIA, COOPER BECAME EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE AND FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND DATA AND PERMITTED HIS PHOTOGRAPH TO BE TAKEN:

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NAME JERRY ARTHUR COOPER RACE CAUCASIAN

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DB COOPER-54581

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SEX MALE

DATE OF BIRTH FEBRUARY 4, 1945

PLACE OF BIRTH ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

HEIGHT FIVE FEET ELEVEN AND A HALF INCHES

WEIGHT 190 POUNDS

EYES BROWN

HAIR BROWN

SCARS, MARKS AND TATTOOS TWO INCH SCAR BENEATH RIGHT EYE (SINCE AGE 11); HALF INCH SCAR OVER RIGHT EYE (SINCE INFANCY); ONE INCH SCAR RIGHT OUTER INDEX FINGER; THREE INCH SCAR LEFT INNER THUMB; TATTOO LEFT OUTER FOREARM - HEART PIERCED BY SABER WITH SCROLLED INSCRIPTION DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR; TATTOO BLACK WIDOW SPIDER LEFT BREAST

COMPLEXION RUDDY/TANNED

RESIDENCE 7507 MC WHORTEN PLACE, NUMBER 302 ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA

[bottom right, offset from main text] DB COOPER-54582

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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT GARDNER EQUIPMENT (LOCAL 77) HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

1971 EMPLOYMENT POTOMAC CONTRACTORS A DEFUNCT SUBSIDIARY OF D. A. FOSTER COMPANY MERRIFIELD, VIRGINIA

INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.

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