Letterhead memorandum, Seattle, re UNSUB, NWA Flight 305 hijacking

Document date 26 April 1977

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Document: Letterhead memorandum, Seattle, re UNSUB, NWA Flight 305 hijacking
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 19 (DB Cooper-55011), Memo, dated 26 Apr 1977, serial 164-21-7473 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A019-019

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to File No. Seattle, Washington April 26, 1977

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Re: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 24, 1971

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The Seattle Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a letter dated April 24, 1976, from [REDACTED], APO, New York [REDACTED] which stated to the effect that [REDACTED] had information concerning captioned matter. When interviewed [REDACTED] stated that Staff Sergeant [REDACTED] had con- fided in him that someone [REDACTED] might pos- sibly be responsible for captioned crime. [REDACTED] explained that [REDACTED] had told him that the Master Sergeant had often spoken to [REDACTED] about the possibility of skyjacking an aircraft and doing it in much the same manner that Flight 305 was done. [REDACTED] further stated to [REDACTED] that the Master Sergeant had taken a sudden and unplanned leave just before the hijacking and that he returned a few days after. [REDACTED] related that [REDACTED] seemed very sure of his infor- mation and had asked [REDACTED] not to tell anyone about it.

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On March 21, 1977, a check of the World Wide Locator System, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, revealed that as of February, 1977, Staff Sergeant [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Social Security Account Number [REDACTED] is assigned to [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Boblingen, Germany.

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1* DB COOPER-55011 [REDACTED] 164-21-7473 [partially obscured, guess: 164-21-7473]

Serials: 164-21-7473

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