SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Great Falls investigation of NORJAK suspect
Document date 23 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-17:370-372 Document: Airtel SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Great Falls investigation of NORJAK suspect Id: Cooper-Part-17:370-372 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A370-372 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 17 pp. 370–372 (DB Cooper-5204–5206), Airtel, dated 23 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A370-372
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Date: 12/23/71
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Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Priority) -------------------------------------------------------
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P) SUBJECT: NORJAK
Reurairtel to Albany, 12/7/71.
Re: [REDACTED] DUB [REDACTED] 11/7/45 Suspect
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On 12/22/71, [REDACTED], Montana, advised [REDACTED] a white male, born [REDACTED] was employed for that company on 10/22/71, [REDACTED] and left this employment on 11/6/71, giving no reason. According to [REDACTED] was a college graduate and had served in the U. S. Army and received an honorable discharge as a 1st Lieutenant. His SSAN is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated he had checked with the [REDACTED] worked and the [REDACTED] could not recall [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated that in view of suspect's name and his short term of employment with the [REDACTED] he might be a suspect in captioned matter.
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(2) - Seattle (AM) 2 - Butte RWD/nmw (4)
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[d]-8|-15832 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ DEC 29 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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Approved: ______________ Sent __________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge GPO: 1970 O - 403-735 DB Cooper-5204
BT #164-26
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On 12/22/71, [REDACTED] Great Falls, Montana, PD, and [REDACTED] Cascade County SO, Great Falls, advised they could locate no arrest record for suspect.
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On 12/22/71, [REDACTED] advised the suspect was unknown to her. She said that four or five young bachelors occupied [REDACTED] and she had not become acquainted with any of them.
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On 12/22/71, [REDACTED] whose residence is located near [REDACTED] advised he is employed as a [REDACTED] by the Montana Highway Patrol. [REDACTED] stated he has become acquainted with the persons residing at [REDACTED] and he knows one of the persons to be [REDACTED] He said he has known [REDACTED] who is employed by the [REDACTED] for many years. [REDACTED] stated he could not furnish any information concerning the activities of [REDACTED] on 11/24/71; however, he knows the family to be of good reputation.
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On 12/22/71, [REDACTED] advised he [REDACTED] who resides at [REDACTED] He said that at the time of the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, he received a call from [REDACTED] Great Falls PD, in an attempt to locate [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated he furnished [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] telephone number and physical description. He said while he was on the telephone with [REDACTED] another officer telephonically contacted [REDACTED] and according to information later received from [REDACTED] this officer also obtained descriptive data. [REDACTED] stated he was certain that [REDACTED] was in Great Falls at the time of the hijacking.
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BT #164-26
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On 12/22/71, [redacted] Falls PD, advised that instant report dated 11/24/71, reflects that he was contacted by a [redacted] of Los Angeles, California, concerning the physical description and whereabouts of a [redacted] stated this request was made at 6:15 p.m., while the hijacked airplane was under the control of the hijacker. [redacted] said no [redacted] [redacted] was located in Great Falls; however, the Great Falls PD did locate [redacted] was so notified. [redacted] stated that the Great Falls PD had received sufficient in- formation from [redacted] and [redacted] to be satisfied that [redacted] was in Great Falls at the time of the hijacking.
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In view of investigation conducted by the Great Falls PD at the time of the hijacking and in view of the fact suspect is approximately 20 years younger than Unsub, no further investigation is being conducted concerning this suspect.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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