SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re NORJAK Unsub source, Oakland private investigator
Document date 22 October 1976
Also filed at: Part 38 pp. 277–278
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-120:311-312 Document: Airtel SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re NORJAK Unsub source, Oakland private investigator Id: Cooper-Part-120:311-312 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A311-312 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 120 pp. 311–312 (DB Cooper-55332–55333), Airtel, dated 22 Oct 1976, serial SE 164-81-4449 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A311-312
FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
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Date: 10/22/76
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Via: AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Precedence)
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE Bufile 164-2111
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[illegible handwritten cursive note, possibly "JAM: Woodall" [guess: WOODALL]]
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REGARDING UNSUB; [redacted] - SOURCE
Re Seattle airtel to San Francisco, 10/13/76 [handwritten annotation, illegible, possibly "Ser 847" [guess: SER 847]]
On 10/21/76, [redacted] Oakland, California, telephone number [redacted] was interviewed at the Oakland Resident Agency of the FBI. [redacted] stated that approximately two months ago he became involved in a conversation in an East Bay bar with an individual known to him only as [redacted] (LNU), [redacted] told [redacted] that a friend (name unknown to [redacted]) told [redacted] he had loaned his car to an individual by the name of JAMES MOOREHEAD (phonetic) two or three days prior to the NORJAK incident. Several weeks later, the owner of the vehicle, name unknown, received a telephone call from Seattle International Airport advising that his vehicle was located abandoned at the airport. According to [redacted] MOOREHEAD was allegedly previously involved or worked at a metal shop in the East Bay or Oakland, California area and his current whereabouts unknown to [redacted]. According to [redacted] it is believed that MOOREHEAD may now be involved in a sheet metal business in Pueblo, Colorado.
[redacted] stated he would attempt to obtain the full name and address for [redacted] (LNU) and upon establishing this individual's identity and location, would immediately advise the FBI, however, [redacted] has no definite way of currently locating [redacted] (LNU).
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[illegible handwritten cursive annotations, multiple short notes]
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2 - Seattle (INDICES) [handwritten, partially illegible] 1 - New York (INFO) 2 - San Francisco DRE/dlw (5)
Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ Special Agent in Charge
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[illegible handwritten note, possibly "4/4 to SF"] 11/14 [guess: date or reference number]
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SEARCHED __________ INDEXED __________ SERIALIZED __________ FILED __________ OCT 26 1976 FBI - SEATTLE
164-81-4449 [handwritten, uncertain reading]
DB COOPER-55332
SF 164-220 DRE/dlw
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[redacted] is a private investigator in the Oakland area who is described as a white male American, born [redacted] 5'8", 160 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, has California drivers license number [redacted] Records of the Alameda County Centralized Identification Bureau, Oakland, California, contained no record identi- fiable with [redacted]
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San Francisco indices reviewed and negative regarding [redacted] and JAMES MOOREHEAD.
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[redacted] during interview, also advised that on or about August 9, 1976, while in receipt of the above information, he telephonically contacted Northwest Orient Airlines, who referred him to a representative of Royal Globe Insurance Company, New York, New York, telephone (212) 732-8400, which [redacted] did, advising the insurance company of above information.
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LEADS
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Search NORJAK indices to determine if any individual with the name JAMES MOOREHEAD (phonetic) has been developed and/or eliminated as a suspect in NORJAK matter.
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DB COOPER-55333
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4449, SF 164-220