SAC Springfield to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect John Dean Cooper, with insert of interviews
Document date 7 April 1977
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Id: Cooper-Part-122:154-155
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-122:154-155 Document: Airtel SAC Springfield to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect John Dean Cooper, with insert of interviews Id: Cooper-Part-122:154-155 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-122%3A154-155 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 122 pp. 154–155 (DB Cooper-56267–56268), Airtel, dated 7 Apr 1977, serial SE 164-81-7455 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-122%3A154-155
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Date: 4/7/77
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Via: AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Precedence)
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, SPRINGFIELD (164-31) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK
OO: Seattle
Re Louisville airtel to Springfield dated 3/14/77.
Enclosed for Seattle are eight copies and for Salt Lake City one copy of an investigative insert reflecting investigation conducted on 3/28-29/77 in [redacted], Illinois.
[handwritten cursive annotation, illegible: possibly "Termination" - low confidence]
2 - Seattle (164-81) (Enc. 8) [handwritten annotation, illegible] 1 - Salt Lake City (164-24) (info) (Enc. 1) 1 - Springfield (164-31)
FWH/sjs (4)
[handwritten, partially illegible: "164-81-7456" or similar] [handwritten: "Sub 88 7" or similar]
Approved: [signature, illegible] Sent: ___ Special Agent in Charge M Per [illegible]
GPO : 1975 O - 590-992
DB COOPER-56267
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[two small black circular marks/stamps, no legible text]
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DB COOPER-56267
SI 164-31 FWB/sjs 1
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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent FREDRICK W. HARMS at Golconda, Illinois:
On March 28, 1977, CLYDE L. STALIONS, JR., Post Office Box 192, Golconda, home phone (618)683-7901, advised that he recalled engaging in general conversation with a person known only to him as [REDACTED] when appearing for [REDACTED] in the latter part of December, 1976, at the West Kentucky Roofing Company in Paducah, Kentucky. The individual whom he mentioned to [REDACTED] as being capable of accomplishing a sky-jacking such as in this matter was JOHN DEAN COOPER, the ex-brother-in-law of STALIONS. STALIONS indicated that COOPER was a retired United States Army sergeant and had served many years in Airborne Divisions in the United States Army, and was a qualified paratrooper. STALIONS stated that [REDACTED] with the Pope County Sheriff's Office in [REDACTED].
On March 29, 1977, [REDACTED] with the Pope County Sheriff's Office, [REDACTED] home phone [REDACTED] advised that JOHN DEAN COOPER [REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] and only saw [REDACTED] in 1961, in 1966, in 1974, and again in November, 1976, when [REDACTED] Canada.
JOHN DEAN COOPER is a white male, born on or about January 7, 1928 or 1929, in South Dakota, 5'7"-8", 170 pounds, stocky build, medium dark brown hair presently with some gray in it, medium complexion, a much larger than average nose, smokes cigarettes, previous brand used unknown but presently rolls his own using Prince Albert tobacco.
JOHN DEAN COOPER is a retired, higher-ranking sergeant of the United States Army, having spent a considerable portion of his military service serving in Airborne Divisions, and he is an accomplished paratrooper. He retired from the military in 1966 and purchased a 200 acre ranch near Ten Sleep, Wyoming, where he resided until 1974 when he sold this ranch and moved to Progress, British Columbia, Canada, which is located 20 miles west of Dawson Creek, the southern beginning of the Alaskan Highway. His home phone is (604)843-7660. [REDACTED] had no photographs of [REDACTED] since any he had had were destroyed when [REDACTED]
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SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ APR 15 1977 FBI — SEATTLE
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[guess: Jun-887] ... 164-81-7455
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DB COOPER-56268
Serials: 164-31, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7455, SI 164-31, SU 164-24