SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect at Port Orford, Oregon
Document date 21 January 1974
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-33:339-342 Document: Airtel SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect at Port Orford, Oregon Id: Cooper-Part-33:339-342 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-33%3A339-342 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 33 pp. 339–342 (DB Cooper-12473–12475), Airtel, dated 21 Jan 1974, serial SE 164-81-6087 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-33%3A339-342
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 1/21/74
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Via __AIRTEL_____________ AIRMAIL_________ (Priority)
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO:SEATTLE)
Re: "CHANGED"
Subtitle changed to show correct spelling of suspect's name. Subtitle formerly carried as [REDACTED]
Re Seattle airtel to Portland, 12/14/73.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT PORT ORFORD, OREGON
[REDACTED] on 1/16/74 advised that [REDACTED] in Port Orford in September, 1972, driving an old pickup with Nevada license plates. They immediately purchased a house [REDACTED] and paid the entire sum in cash. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that they had been traveling throughout the United States for the previous year just looking for a place to settle down. This was the first house they had ever purchased.
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(3) - Seattle 2 - Portland LRE:deb (5)
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164-81-6087 SEARCHED__INDEXED__ SERIALIZED__FILED__ JAN 2 8 1974 FBI - SEATTLE
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Approved: _____________ Sent _________ M Per _________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. Government Printing Office: 1972
PD 164-41
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[REDACTED] claimed to have been a paratrooper during the war, but was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He claimed to have made money in Las Vegas by building [REDACTED] indicated he intended [REDACTED] Port Orford. He bought two lots in Port Orford on which he intended [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] for one lot, but claimed to be able to raise [REDACTED] for the second lot, so [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] was an excellent worker and modernized the house he purchased to such an extent that at the time of his departure from Port Orford in July, 1973, he advertised it for sale and sold it almost immediately [REDACTED] He then completely disappeared and no one has heard from him since.
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During the latter weeks of his residence in Port Orford, he had a job with [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as follows:
Race White Sex Male Nationality American Age Mid-40's Height 6' 2" Weight 230 pounds Hair Brown, balding Characteristics Wore glasses.
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Records of the Port Orford [REDACTED] produced by [REDACTED] show that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon.
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DB Cooper-12473
FD 164-41
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AT [REDACTED] OREGON
[REDACTED] on 1/18/74 advised that he has no personnel file for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] without references or any background information. He was an [REDACTED] and worker but suddenly disappeared without notice in late July, 1973. His Social Security number was [REDACTED] but he never furnished a date of birth or a middle name or initial.
At the time he disappeared he had about [REDACTED] in wages coming to him, but owed the company about [REDACTED] in charges made against the company for his personal benefit.
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Subsequently, in [REDACTED] received a long-distance call from [REDACTED] believed to be in New York, who explained that [REDACTED] in New York had passed away and they had to rush to New York to handle the estate. [REDACTED] to apply the wages due him to the [REDACTED] and that he would put a check in the mail for the remaining [REDACTED] failed to get [REDACTED] address, and the check was never received. They have heard nothing further from him.
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On 1/18/74, there was no record of [REDACTED] at the Port Orford Police Department, the Curry County Sheriff's Office, the Coos Bay Police Department, or the Coos County Sheriff's Office.
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LEADS
PORTLAND
AT PORTLAND, OREGON. Through records of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ascertain address of [REDACTED] and conduct appropriate investigation to process him as a suspect in NORJAK.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-12474
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1/21/74
AIRTEL AIRMAIL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-11) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO:SEATTLE)
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Re: "CHANGED" [REDACTED]
Subtitle changed to show correct spelling of suspect's name. Subtitle formerly carried as [REDACTED]
Re Seattle airtel to Portland, 12/14/73.
The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT PORT ORFORD, OREGON
[REDACTED] on 1/16/74 advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Port Orford in September, 1972, [REDACTED] driving an old pickup with Nevada license plates. They immediately purchased a house [REDACTED] and paid the entire sum in cash. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that they had been traveling throughout the United States for the previous year just looking for a place to settle down. This was the first house they had ever purchased.
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(3) - Seattle 2 - Portland LRE:deb (5)
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/64-81-6087 [illegible markings]
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DB Cooper-12475
Serials: 164-11, FD 164-41, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6087
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