SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect investigation and travel
Document date 10 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-16:300-303 Document: Airtel SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect investigation and travel Id: Cooper-Part-16:300-303 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A300-303 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 16 pp. 300–303 (DB Cooper-4626–4629), Airtel, dated 10 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1314 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A300-303
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/10/71
Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Priority) ---------------------------------------------------------------
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) [REDACTED] FROM: SAC, MOBILE (164-34) (P) SUBJECT: NORJAK
RE: [REDACTED]
Re Bureau airtel to Albany, 12/7/71, and Seattle airtel to Albany, 12/7/71.
Enclosed for Seattle are nine copies of investigative insert.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] on 11/29/71, at Mobile, Alabama:
[REDACTED], phones [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] said he viewed the artist's conception of the likeness of the hijacker who para- chuted from the Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000 ransom after it was airborne out of Seattle.
[REDACTED] said captioned individual bears a remote resemblance to the hijacker. [REDACTED] is scheduled to arrive [REDACTED] Montgomery, Alabama, at 2:08 PM, 11/30/71, aboard Eastern Flight 147. His purpose in coming to Montgomery is to visit with [REDACTED] plans to spend a few days. Although [REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as being 'honest to the core," he feels his remote resemblance to the hijacker is reason enough to be apprehensive about [REDACTED]
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164-81- 1314 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED....FILED...... DEC 06 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent _______ M Per _______ ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DB:Cooper-4626
MO 164-34
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[REDACTED] Australia. Before [REDACTED] Washington, D. C. [REDACTED] came to this country about one week ago on business. The [REDACTED] has been in Washington, D. C., and New York City the past week.
[REDACTED] will be met at the airport by [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] is about [REDACTED] years of age, white male, 5'7", 135 pounds, [REDACTED] eyes, light brown hair--thinning in front, thin face, and a [REDACTED]
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On 11/30/71, SAs [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] conferred with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Alabama, at [REDACTED] Montgomery, Alabama, concerning call received from [REDACTED] on the evening of 10/29/71.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] met a [REDACTED] in Washington D. C., several years ago while [REDACTED] Washington. The [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and became relatively close friends.
[REDACTED] years ago, [REDACTED] decided to leave the U. S. for Australia. Enroute to Australia, they stopped to visit [REDACTED] further recalled that [REDACTED] had served as [REDACTED] She recalled that he talked about [REDACTED] and around the southeast.
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The purpose of [REDACTED] visit from Australia to the U. S. this past week was to attend [REDACTED] [REDACTED] wedding which apparently took place in Washington.
The following was description furnished by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on 11/30/71 prior to the arrival of an Eastern Airlines jet at 2:08 PM bearing [REDACTED] White male, approximately 5'7". 165 to 170 lbs., approximately [REDACTED] years of age, [REDACTED] eyes, brown hair.
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DB Cooper-4627
MO 164-34
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[REDACTED] further indicated that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] saw a nationwide composite of artist's conception this past evening on television. [REDACTED] that the artist's conception favored [REDACTED]
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On 11/30/71, a [guess: tissur] of [REDACTED] Montgomery, by SAs [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] revealed that [REDACTED] appeared quite warm and friendly upon arrival, and it was noted that he appeared quite suspicious of his surroundings inasmuch as he appeared to be searching through the passengers and bystanders at the airport. [REDACTED] looked in the direction of Agents [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] who were on opposite sides of the walkway leading into the air terminal from the arrival gate.
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The following is a description of [REDACTED]
Race White Sex Male Age [REDACTED] Height 5'8" Weight 170 pounds Eyes [REDACTED] Hair Medium brown, high forehead, thin sideburns about the bottom of earlobe Characteristics [REDACTED] Complexion Medium to dark
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[REDACTED] was carrying a bluish-gray Samsonite-type overnight bag, slightly larger than an attache case. When he arrived at the luggage pickup counter, he obtained two other bluish-gray Samsonite-type suitcases that appeared to be matching. Suspect also checked the Delta Air Line ticket counter with [REDACTED] in his presence and apparently was confirming some type of reservation.
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[REDACTED] reiterated during the conversation with the Agents prior to the arrival of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] that he was attending [REDACTED] wedding in Washington, D. C. and would be returning to Sydney, Australia, after his visit [REDACTED] Alabama.
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[REDACTED] Delta Air Lines ticket counter, [REDACTED] Montgomery, Alabama, advised that a [REDACTED] checked with him at approximately 2:25 PM on 11/30/71 concerning his Delta Air Lines reservations he was holding. [REDACTED] said that [REDACTED] holds Delta Air Lines reserva- tions on Flight 320 departing Montgomery, 1:58 PM, to Atlanta, Georgia, on 12/2/71, with a connecting flight Delta 119 from Atlanta to Los Angeles. [REDACTED] further advised that his Atlanta ticket counter for Delta advised that [REDACTED] had made a change in reservations earlier in the afternoon on 11/30/71 and that his 3 DB Cooper-4628
MO 164-34
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reservation was originally booked through American Air Lines in Washington, D. C., scheduled to depart Montgomery, Alabama, 12/1/71, enroute to Atlanta and San Francisco. [REDACTED] allegedly had a telephone contact number, area code [REDACTED]
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Photographs of [REDACTED] to follow.
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THIS INDIVIDUAL IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTORTION OF $200,000 FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES BY THREATENING THE CREW OF THE AIR LINE WITH A PACKAGE WHICH HE STATED CONTAINED A BOMB. HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-4629
Serials: MO 164-34, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1314