NITEL Denver to Portland and San Francisco re interview of NORJAK suspect

Document date 7 December 1971

Part 15pages 164–1674 pagesDB Cooper-397, DB Cooper-3976, DB Cooper-3978

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Document: NITEL Denver to Portland and San Francisco re interview of NORJAK suspect
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 pp. 164–167 (DB Cooper-397, DB Cooper-3976, DB Cooper-3978), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-990 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A164-167

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TO: PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO [REDACTED b6/b7C] FROM: DENVER (164-898)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE (164-181)

RE BUTTE TEL TO SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND DENVER DECEMBER SIX.

RE SUSPECT (FNU) [REDACTED b6/b7C]

FOR INFORMATION PORTLAND, BUTTE DEVELOPED INFO THAT DRIVER OF VEHICLE BEARING ARIZONA LICENSE [REDACTED b6/b7C] WAS HEARD ON DECEMBER TWO LAST MAKE REFERENCE TO [REDACTED b6/b7C] AS PERSON WHO POSSIBLY COMMITTED CAPTIONED CRIME.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED VEHICLE REGISTERED TO [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED] WHO WAS CONTACTED [REDACTED] AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: STATED HE WAS [REDACTED] UNTIL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, THEN [REDACTED]

[REDACTED b6/b7C]

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164-81-990 SEARCHED.......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED.....FILED...... DEC 1 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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Approved: ______________ Sent ____________ M Per ____________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: DB Cooper-3976

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PAGE TWO 164-98

CLAIMED KNEW NO ONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

TO QUESTIONING STATED NONE OF [REDACTED]

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STATED RECALLED ALSO MENTIONING IN JOKING MANNER TO

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[REDACTED] AT THE START OF THE INTERVIEW.

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Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per _____________ Special Agent in Charge U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11) DB Cooper-397

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PAGE THREE 164-98

[REDACTED] STATED HE HAD NOT SEEN [REDACTED]

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DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, TWENTIES OR EARLY THIRTIES, SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, ONE EIGHTY TO TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD. STATED ARTIST'S CONCEPTION DID NOT LOOK LINE ANYONE KNOWN TO HIM.

SAID HAD SEEN IN MISSOULA MONTANA TIMES THAT HIJACKER HAD WRITTEN A LETTER FROM OAKDALE, CALIFORNIA, TO A RENO, NEVADA, PAPER IN WHICH SAID "LANDED OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY". THIS MADE HIM THINK OF [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] DENIED ANY FURTHER KNOWLEDGE AND STATED HE HIMSELF KNEW NOTHING [REDACTED]

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Approved: ___________________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - DB Cooper-3978

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PAGE FOUR 164-98

DURING INTERVIEW [REDACTED] SEEMED TO BE VERY CONFUSED b6 AND UNABLE TO FURNISH DATES OR SPECIFICS OF ANY OF HIS ACTIVITIES. b7C IT IS NOTED HE DOES NOT RESEMBLE ARTIST CONCEPTION IN ANY WAY.

PORTLAND WILL THROUGH GREYHOUND BUS COMPANY FURTHER IDENTIFY [REDACTED] NOVEMBER b6 TWENTYFOUR-TWENTYFIVE LAST, AND IF POSSIBLE SUSPECT THIS b7C MATTER.

PORTLAND NOTE SAN FRANCISCO HAS LEAD IN RETEL TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] b6 AIR MAIL COPY SEATTLE. b7C END NITEL (P)

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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: [guess: 1969 O—309-979]

Serials: 164-181, 164-898, DN 164-98, SE 164-81-990