SAC Alexandria to Director re NORJAK suspect interview and description
Document date 9 September 1975
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 36 pp. 293–297 (DB Cooper-13851, DB Cooper-13852, DB Cooper-13854, DB Cooper-13855), Teletype, dated 9 Sep 1975, serial SE 164-81-4496 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A293-297
NROO AX PLAIN
4:16 PM U R G E N T SEPTEMBER 9, 1975 DKL
TO: DIRECTOR (164-9111) (ATTENTION: GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION) SEATTLE (164-81) [REDACTED b6/b7C] WFO (164-169)
FROM: ALEXANDRIA (164-70) (P)
NORJAK, OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE. [handwritten initials]
REFERENCE SUSPECT [REDACTED b6/b7C]
REFERENCE ALEXANDRIA TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU, SEPTEMBER 8, 1975, NO COPY TO WFO OR SEATTLE; AND ALEXANDRIA TELCOM WITH WFO, SEPTEMBER 9, 1975.
FOR INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, VIA REFERENCED TELETYPE, ALEXANDRIA ADVISED THE BUREAU THAT ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1975, CONTACT HAD BEE MADE WITH [REDACTED b6/b7C] BASED ON AN ANONYMOUS CALL RECEIVED BY THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PASSED ON TO FBI ALEXANDRIA WHICH INDICATED THAT [REDACTED] MAY BE IDENTICAL WITH D. B. COOPER, THE SUBJECT IN THE NORJAK CASE.
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164-81-4496 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] SEP 9 1975 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-13851
PAGE TWO (AX 164-72)
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[REDACTED] SUBSEQUENTLY INTERVIEWED SEPTEMBER 8, 1975, AND DENIED INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING. [REDACTED] HOWEVER, ADMITTED TO BEING A SKILLED SKYDIVER, A HUNTER AND SOMEONE AT HOME IN ROUGH TERRAIN. [REDACTED] PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, FURNISHED BELOW, BEARS SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THAT OF UNSUB, HOWEVER, IT IS NOTED THAT IN NOVEMBER, 1971, [REDACTED] AND UNSUB IS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN HIS MID 40'S. ADDITIONALLY, [REDACTED] HAS SEVERAL [REDACTED] WHICH ARE NOTICABLE TO AN OBSERVER, NONE OF WHICH ARE PRESENT IN DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB. PER TELEPHONIC REQUEST MADE OF THE LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, IDENTIFICATION DIVISION ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1975, THE FINGERPRINTS OF SUSPECT [REDACTED] AS CONTAINED ON HIS MILITARY FINGERPRINT CARD WERE COMPARED WITH LATENTS DEVELOPED IN THE NORJAK CASE. THIS COMPARISON REVEALED [REDACTED] AVAILABLE FINGERPRINTS NOT IDENTICAL WITH LATENTS.
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DURING INTERVIEW, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE WAS EMPLOYED IN NOVEMBER, 1971, WITH THE POTOMAC CONTRACTING COMPANY, A DEFUNCT SUBSIDIARY OF D. A. FOSTER, MERRIFIELD, VIRGINIA. REVIEW OF RECORDS D. A. FOSTER COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1975, REVEALS THAT COMPANY RECORDS REFLECT THAT FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27,
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DB Cooper-13852
PAGE THREE (AX 164-70)
1971, [REDACTED] RECEIVED 24 HOURS REGULAR PAY AND EIGHT HOURS HOLIDAY PAY. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE [REDACTED] AT THAT TIME AND IT WAS AND IS FIRM COMPANY POLICY THAT AN EMPLOYEE BE PRESENT THE DAY BEFORE AND DAY AFTER A MID WEEK HOLIDAY TO RECEIVE HOLIDAY PAY. SHE STATED THAT THEREFORE, [REDACTED] WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT WORK ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971 AND NOVEMBER 26, 1971, TO HAVE RECEIVED THE RIGHT HOURS HOLIDAY PAY SIGHTED ABOVE. AT THAT TIME [REDACTED] WAS WORKING A JOB SITE AT F AND 6TH STREETS, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH HOURS 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PM. SUPERVISOR AT THAT TIME [REDACTED] NOW EMPLOYED CARSON AND GR[guess: U]MAN, 700 T STREET, NORTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D. C. PER REFERENCED TELCOM, WFO LOCATING [REDACTED] FOR INTERVIEW REGARDING [REDACTED] PRESENCE AT WORK NOVEMBER 24, 1971.
DURING COURSE OF INTERVIEW AT ALEXANDRIA, [REDACTED] BECAME EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE AND FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND DATA AND PERMITTED HIS PHOTOGRAPH TO BE TAKEN:
NAME: [REDACTED]
RACE: CAUCASIAN
PAGE FOUR (AX 164-70)
SEX MALE DATE OF BIRTH [redacted] PLACE OF BIRTH [redacted] HEIGHT FIVE FEET ELEVEN AND A HALF INCHES WEIGHT 190 POUNDS EYES BROWN HAIR BROWN SCARS, MARKS AND TATTOOS [redacted - large empty box] COMPLEXION RUDDY /TANNED RESIDENCE [redacted] ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA
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DB Cooper-13854
PAGE FIVE (AX 164-72)
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT GARDNER EQUIPMENT (LOCAL 77) [REDACTED]
1971 EMPLOYMENT POTOMAC CONTRACTORS A DEFUNCT SUBSIDIARY OF D. A. FOSTER COMPANY MERRIFIELD, VIRGINIA
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.
END. VAL FBI SE CLR
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DB Cooper-13855
Serials: 164-9111, AX 164-70, AX 164-72, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4496, WF 164-169