SAC Seattle to SAC Mobile re tape recording discrepancies with NORJAK facts

Document date 18 July 1973

Part 32pages 111–1122 pagesDB Cooper-11713–11714

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Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to SAC Mobile re tape recording discrepancies with NORJAK facts
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 32 pp. 111–112 (DB Cooper-11713–11714), Airtel, dated 18 Jul 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-32%3A111-112

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

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Date: 7/18/73

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Priority)

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TO: SAC, MOBILE (164-34)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO: SEATTLE)

- UNSUB; [REDACTED]

Re Mobile's airtel to Seattle, dated 7/10/73.

A review of the tape recording revealed the following discrepancies between [REDACTED] and the actual NORJAK facts:

1. She stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Unsub hijacked the Northwest Orient Airlines' plane at approximately 3:00 p.m., on 11/24/71. He left the plane at approximately 8:11 p.m., the same day.

2. She stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The plane was tracked by Air Force radar during its entire flight and never came near Bates, Oregon. The only other Bates in the United States that is listed in the U. S. Postal Guide is in Arkansas. The flight paths closest point to Bates, Oregon, was 240 miles.

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2 - Mobile (164-34) 3 - Seattle (164-81) RNN:bh (5)

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164-81-4f SDB Cooper-11713

Approved: _______________ Sent _________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge

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SE 164-81

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3. She stated [REDACTED] Unsubs canopy was white.

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4. Finally, she observed that [REDACTED] in fact, the money was in a bag that Unsub fashioned and tied to his waist using shroud lines and a parachute canopy.

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In view of the above, no further investigation will be conducted concerning this matter by the Seattle Division.

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As it may become necessary to disprove other stories purported to furnish accurate details of the Norjak hijacking, Mobile is requested not to make the above information available to anyone outside the Bureau.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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DB Cooper-11714

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Serials: MO 164-34, SE 164-81

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