Seattle to Director and Denver re attorney's pilot client and reward/immunity demands

SE0601 32821107 II HI DN DE SE I 2320107 NOV 76 FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) IMMEDIATE DENVER (164-98) IMMEDIATE

---

BT CLEAR NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TELCALL TO DENVER, NOVEMBER 23, 1976, INDICATING AS FOLLOWS:

IT IS NOTED THAT CAPTIONED CASE OCCURRED NOVEMBER 24, 1971 WHICH MEANS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS MAY POSSIBLY COME INTO CONSIDERATION TOMORROW; THEREFORE, DENVER IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE COVERAGE OF LEAD.

ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 23, 1976, SAC, SEATTLE, RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM [REDACTED] ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, 150 WILLIAMS STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y., 10038, TELE- PHONE (212) 732-8490. SHE HAD RECEIVED A CALL EARLIER TODAY FROM AN ATTORNEY NAMED [REDACTED] IN GREELEY, COLORADO, INQUIR- ING AS TO POSSIBILITY OF ANY REWARD AVAILABLE IN CONNECTIO[N]

---

b6 b7C

164-81- 7199

---

DB Cooper-15031

PAGE TWO SE .(164-81) CLEAR

WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE. [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT HIS CLIENT, WHOM HE DID NOT NAME, TOLD HIM THAT HE READ A RECENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CONCERNING THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HIJACKING AND THAT HE KNOWS WHO COOPER IS. ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] HIS CLIENT DESCRIBED COOPER AS AN AIRPLANE PILOT WHO IS VERY CAREFUL AND CAPABLE INDIVIDUAL AND WOULD PLAY THINGS OUT TO THE LAST DETAIL. [REDACTED] CLIENT IS ALSO A PILOT. CLIENT INDICATED THAT HE KNOWS WHO COOPER IS AND WHERE HE IS LIVING, AND WOULD FURNISH INFORMATION TO HIS ATTORNEY FOR REFERRAL TO ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY IF A REWARD IS OUTSTANDING.

IT IS NOTED THAT ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY IS REPRE- SENTING NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN ALL INSURANCE MATTERS AND COV- ERED THE LOSS OF THE $200,000 INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER. IT IS FURTHER NOTED THAT REPORTED REWARDS OFFERED BY THE SEATTLE "POST-INTELLIGENCER" NEWSPAPER IMMEDIATELY AFTER EVENT TOOK PLACE, HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN WITHDRAWN. FURTHERMORE, ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NO SET POLICY REGARDING REWARD, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD CONSIDER SAME IF MONEY WAS ACTUALLY RECOVERED. THIS MATTER IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE LEGAL

---

DB Cooper-15032

---

'b6 b7c

PAGE THREE SE 164-81 CLEAR OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY. [REDACTED] ADVISED ATTORNEY [REDACTED] OF THE ABOVE AND THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME IT IS MORE OR LESS IN A "HOLDING" STATUS. [REDACTED] POINTED OUT THAT, IN HIS ESTIMATION, HIS CLIENT IS COMPLETELY RELIABLE, BUT ONLY APPEARS TO BE IN FAVOR OF COOPERATING IF A REWARD IS AVAILABLE. [REDACTED] STATED AFTER CONFERRING WITH HER LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE NO COMMITMENT OR AGREEMENT WITH ATTORNEY [REDACTED] AND THAT HER FIRM HAD NO OBJECTION TO APPRISING [REDACTED] THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED THE FBI AS AN ACT OF COOPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH A MAJOR CRIME. [REDACTED] FURTHER NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR LOCAL OFFICE IN GREELEY, COLORADO, THERE IS A [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ARE LOCATED AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] GREELEY, COLORADO, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] DENVER AT GREELEY, COLORADO. WILL CONDUCT IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION TO VERIFY STATEMENTS BY ATTORNEY [REDACTED] AND ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY HIS CLIENT AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE. POSSIBILITY OF PAYMENT BY BUREAU FOR INFORMATION LEADING

---

b6 b7C DB Cooper-15033

PAGE FOUR SE 164-81 CLEAR

TO THE IDENTITY AND ARREST OF SUBJECT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH ATTOR~EY [REDACTED] ARMED AND DANGEROUS. AIRMAIL COPY FURNISHED NEW YORK OFFICE. BT

---

b6 b7C

---

DB Cooper-15034