SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle re Cowley County sheriff's information, RUC
Document date 18 May 1976
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Id: Cooper-Part-119:157-158
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-119:157-158 Document: Memo SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle re Cowley County sheriff's information, RUC Id: Cooper-Part-119:157-158 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-119%3A157-158 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 119 pp. 157–158 (DB Cooper-54650), Memo, dated 18 May 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-119%3A157-158
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 5-18-76
SAC, KANSAS CITY (164-80) RUC
NORJAK. OO: SE
[handwritten: Sub 784]
Re Kansas City letter to Seattle 4-16-76.
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On 5-3-76, [redacted] FRED SATTERTHWAITE, Sheriff of Cowley County, [redacted] Kansas, advised SA JAMES B. KELLY, that he is personally acquainted with [redacted] He pointed out that [redacted] is currently [redacted] He stated that [redacted] had on one occasion mentioned to him that [redacted] had at one time been acquainted with an individual that would have been capable of committing NORJAK, but that it had been his impression that [redacted] was merely indicating that the individual was capable; not that he had done it.
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On 5-3-76, [redacted] Kansas, stated to SA JAMES B. KELLY that he had on numerous occasions indicated to various persons that he was acquainted with at least one individual that was capable of having committed NORJAK. He stated that he is aware that there are "literally thousands of persons that would be capable and would fit a general description." The one individual of his acquaintance that he considered capable of committing such an offense would be [redacted], an individual that he has not seen or heard from in over 20 years. [redacted] and [redacted] Kansas. [redacted] was in the airborne infantry, had undergone ranger training, and possibly went on to Officer Candidate School, [redacted] enrolled at Kansas State University in the fall of [redacted] but may not have completed that semester there. He subsequently attended a college and played basketball in Missoula, Montana...
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2-Seattle 1-Kansas City JBK:maw (3)
[handwritten, cursive, uncertain: "Eliminate" or similar]
[stamp] 164-81-[illegible] SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ MAY 21 1976 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-54650
He is not aware of any relativos [guess: relatives] that [REDACTED] might have, but thought possibly [REDACTED] attended high school in Idaho.
[REDACTED] furnished the following description of [REDACTED]
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Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male Age About 25 in 1952 Height 6' 2" Weight 180-200 pounds in 1952 Hair Dark Brown Eyes Brown
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[REDACTED] again pointed out that he was merely re- marking that due to previous experience and training, [REDACTED] would be one of thousands that could successfully carry off an operation like NORJAK. He has no reason to suspect that [REDACTED] has ever been involved in any illegal activity of any kind.
No further effort is being made to locate [REDACTED] [REDACTED] unless requested to do so by Office of Origin.