SAC Seattle to SAC Portland re NORJAK suspect Billie Dean McConnell (Sub 848)
Document date 25 August 1977
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 pp. 319–320 (DB Cooper-55347–55348), Airtel, dated 25 Aug 1977, serial SE 164-81-7647 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A319-320
FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Date: 8/25/77
Transmit the following in _____________________________ (Type in plaintext or code)
Via ____ AIRTEL (Precedence)
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TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE BUFile 164-2111
RE: SUB 848 - BILLIE DEAN MC CONNELL
Re Seattle letter to Portland dated 5/5/77.
Enclosed for the Portland Division is a copy of MC CONNELL's Washington State Driver's License.
On 8/16/77, a check of the Vancouver, Washington, Telephone Directory revealed there was a listing for B. D. MC CONNELL, [REDACTED] Vancouver, telephone [REDACTED].
On the same date, a check of the Vancouver Reverse Directory revealed a B. D. MC CONNELL operating a McConnell Shell Service at 3315 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver, telephone 693-9684. Further, the Reverse Directory revealed a BILL D. and [REDACTED] residing at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Vancouver, telephone [REDACTED].
On 8/18/77 and 8/19/77, a check with the Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, and the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Vancouver, failed to reveal any record whatsoever concerning MC CONNELL except for the fact that he was booked as a juvenile by Clark County in 1949. There was no other information in the Clark County files concerning MC CONNELL.
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Sub 848 164-81-7647
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3 - Portland (164-41) (Encl 1) 3 - Seattle (164-81) JTG/jh (6)
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_______________________________________________________________ Approved: __________ Sent __________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge
GPO 1974 O - 540-947 DB COOPER-55347
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SE 164-81
On 8/22/77, a check at 3315 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver, Washington, revealed there was a U-Haul business there. Contact with the individuals inside this establish- ment revealed that it had been in place there since May 20, 1977, and, prior to that time, there was a Shell Service Station.
On 8/22/77, contact was attempted with MC CONNELL at[REDACTED] Vancouver, Washington, with negative results, as no one was home. A message was left requesting MC CONNELL to contact the Vancouver Office of the FBI. A check with the neighbor next to [REDACTED] revealed MC CONNELL operated a Shell Service Station near the bridge in Portland, Oregon.
On 8/23/77, BILL MC CONNELL telephonically contacted the Vancouver Office of the FBI and stated that he was available for interview at his Shell Service Station in Portland. He stated he could be reached at telephone number 285-6323 in Portland.
ADMINISTRATIVE:
During the conversation with MC CONNELL, he was not made aware of the FBI's interest in him.
LEAD:
PORTLAND DIVISION
At Portland, Oregon
Will contact MC CONNELL at the Shell Service Station, Portland, telephone 285-6323, and thereafter resolve this matter as it relates to NORJAK.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB COOPER-55348
Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7647