SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle re microfilm of ransom money for trial testimony
Document date 2 January 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-29:196-196 Document: Memo SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle re microfilm of ransom money for trial testimony Id: Cooper-Part-29:196-196 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A196-196 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 29 p. 196 (DB Cooper-10264), Memo, dated 2 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-4258 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A196-196
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81 Sub M) DATE: 1/2/73
FROM : SA CHARLES E. FARRELL
SUBJECT: NORJAK
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During the trial of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], it was necessary to testify that a microfilm had been prepared of the ransom money paid to the hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. In tracing back the preparation of the microfilm, the following information was revealed:
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Through [REDACTED] Seattle-First National Bank, it was learned that the actual microfilming of the money was done by their employee, [REDACTED] who can be located at telephone number [REDACTED] [handwritten annotation, partially illegible: MICROFILMED [illegible] RAWSIN [illegible]]
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On December 14, 1972, [REDACTED] advised that the money was microfilmed on a Recordak Model RW600, by [REDACTED]. He advised that the machine normally takes both the front and back sides of the document but in the case of the filming of the money, they blocked out the back of the bill as well as one half of the front side.
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At issue in the testimonies of [REDACTED] was whether or not there could be some distortion in the numbers of the bills due to the fact they were taken at an angle. [REDACTED] who is familiar with these machines, stated that although a series of mirrors is used to record the images of the checks or money, the surface of the document must be square to the film plane. Therefore, he advised there is no angle and no known distortion.
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[handwritten file number: 164-81-4258] SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JAN2 1973
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CEF:bfr (2)
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-10264
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4258
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