Seattle to Director re NORJAK press inquiries
Document date 27 April 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-121:080-081
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:080-081 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director re NORJAK press inquiries Id: Cooper-Part-121:080-081 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A080-081 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 121 pp. 80–81 (DB Cooper-55590–55591), Teletype, dated 27 Apr 1978, serial SE 164-81-7864 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A080-081
FP-36 (Rev. 7-27-76) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [X] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET b6 [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET b7C [ ] Airtel [X] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL b7D [ ] E F T O [X] CLEAR Date 4/2[guess: 8]/78 001
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FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A). OO: SEATTLE.
RE TELEPHONE CALL BETWEEN SA [redacted], SEATTLE DIVISION, AND [redacted] FBI HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 25, 1978.
RECENTLY SEVERAL PRESS INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY VARIOUS FBI DIVISIONS CONCERNING NORJAK SUSPECT JAMES BRYANT COFFELT (DECEASED), [redacted] AS A RESULT OF THESE INQUIRIES, PRESS RELEASES CONCERNING NORJAK HAVE BEEN MADE. SEATTLE DIVISION HAS NOTED THAT IT HAS BEEN THE HABIT OF THE PRESS TO CALL SEATTLE TO OBTAIN A STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS MATTER AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CALL ANOTHER DIVISION OR CONTACT ANOTHER DIVISION FOR A SIMILAR STATEMENT.
IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THE INFORMATION [text continues, cut off at bottom of page/redaction box]
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RNN:arm (1) [handwritten initials, illegible] b6 b7C b7D [handwritten/stamped diagonal mark, illegible]
164-81-7864 [partially struck through/illegible]
DB COOPER-55590
Approved: [signature, illegible] Transmitted [stamp: rec'd 10/27/78] 1856Z Per [initials, illegible: 'lo'] (Number) (Time)
FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [ ] Teletype [ ] Immediate [?] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] Airtel [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] EFTO [ ] CLEAR
Date ___________
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PAGE TWO SE 164-81 UNCLAS
RELEASED CONCERNING THIS IMPORTANT BUREAU INVESTIGATION, IT IS SUGGESTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BUREAU THAT ALL DIVISIONS BE ADVISED TO REFER ANY PRESS INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS MATTER TO THE SEATTLE DIVISION OF THE FBI, INASMUCH AS SEATTLE IS ORIGIN IN THIS CASE.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
BT
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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ (Number) (Time) Per DB COOPER-55591
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7864