SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re volunteer parachutist offering to make NORJAK jump

Document date 7 January 1972

Part 18pages 374–3752 pagesDB Cooper-5706–5707

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Document: Airtel SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re volunteer parachutist offering to make NORJAK jump
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 pp. 374–375 (DB Cooper-5706–5707), Airtel, dated 7 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1833 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-18%3A374-375

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Date: 1/7/72

Transmit the following in ______ (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL AIRMAIL Via ______ ______ (Priority) --------------------------------------------------- TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SUB - [handwritten, illegible]

FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)(P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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X - VOLUNTEER TO PARACHUTIST - VOLUNTEER b6 b7C

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On 1/7/72, [REDACTED] personally appeared at the Portland Office and furnished information to SA NORMAN B. BELFREY. [REDACTED] resides at [REDACTED] Vancouver, Washington, telephone [REDACTED] both Vancouver.

[REDACTED] said he served in the Army Airborne Unit [REDACTED] Serial [REDACTED] and received an honorable discharge.

He volunteered to assist the FBI in any way possible with regard to this case, and he specifically desires to parachute from an airplane under similar conditions exper- ienced by the hijacked plane on 11/24/71. [REDACTED] of the Century Skydivers Club, which is now disbanded, but the Club had headquarters at Frink's Air Strip, Orchards, Washington. He has jumped about 400 times during the period 1966 to the present time, and the last time he jumped was three weeks ago at Orchards, Washington. He made a night jump from [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] at the Evergreen Airport, Vancouver, Washington.

He has access to a helmet-mounted free-fall 16 milli- meter camera and he owns [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which he uses in his jumps. [REDACTED] said he is interested in obtaining employment with [REDACTED] in

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(2) - Seattle (AM) 2 - Portland

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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent __________ M Per __________

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

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164-81-1833 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED _____ JAN 11 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-5706

PD 164-41

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Hollywood, California, and he believes the experience of a jump in connection with the Norjak case would assist him in obtaining this employment.

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He furnished the following descriptive data concerning himself:

DOB [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] Height 5'7½" Weight 145 pounds Eyes Blue Hair Blond Build Medium Marital status Single Employment [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon

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The above is being furnished to the Office of Origin for whatever action is deemed appropriate.

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DB Cooper-5707

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b6 b7C

Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1833