Minneapolis to Director and field offices re NORJAK interview and NWAL permission

Document date July 1977

Part 40pages 145–1484 pagesDB Cooper-15837–15840

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Document: Teletype Minneapolis to Director and field offices re NORJAK interview and NWAL permission
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 pp. 145–148 (DB Cooper-15837–15840), Teletype, dated Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-7604 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A145-148

KCUCZXR3UW MPO004 PP HQ SE DN LA AT LV SD LR DE MP P 212145 Z JULY 77 M MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY DENVER (164-99) PRIORITY LOS ANGELES (164-497) PRIORITY ATLANTA PRIORITY LAS VEGAS PRIORITY SAN DIEGO (164-91) PRIORITY LITTLE ROCK (164-22) PRIORITY

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BT CLEAR NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE. RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 22, 1977, AND DENVER TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 22, 1977. [REDACTED] WAS INTERVIEWED TELEPHONICALLY ON JULY 21, 1977, AND FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: HE WAS CONTACTED BY A [REDACTED] AROUND THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, 1977, AND WAS ASKED BY [REDACTED] TO ACT AS A

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164-81-7604 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED JUL 2 1 1977 [illegible] SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-15837

PAGE TWO, MP 164-73, CLEAR

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[redacted] ABOUT THE HIJACKING. HE INFORMED [redacted] THAT PERMISSION FROM NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES (NWAL) MUST BE OBTAINED. HE DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH NWAL [redacted] [redacted] NWAL, MP, MN. [redacted] IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED A [redacted] FROM [redacted] CONCERNING [redacted] [redacted] ASKED HIM TO COME TO CALIFORNIA THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL TO DISCUSS [redacted] BUT HE DID NOT GO. HE STATED THAT [redacted] ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD PERMISSION AND FULL COOPERATION FROM THE FBI AND ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIFFIN BELL. [redacted] ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT A COMPLETE FBI FILE ON THE HIJACKING HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HIM FROM "THE WEST COAST", BUT NO SPECIFIC OFFICE WAS MENTIONED. [redacted] THOUGHT THIS ODD IF THE INVESTIGATION WAS NOT CLOSED. ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE RELATED, HE THINKS THAT [redacted] STEWARDESS, NWAL, MAY HAVE [redacted] WHO WORKS FOR THE FBI.

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DB Cooper-15838

PAGE THREE, MP 164-73, CLEAR

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[REDACTED] ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THE PLACE THE HIJACKER WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BAILED OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT WAS INCORRECT, BUT [REDACTED] DID NOT STATE THE EXACT LOCATION. [REDACTED] SAID THAT D. B. COOPER (HIJACKER) DIED IN 1975, NOT AS A RESULT OF BAILING OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT, AND COOPER HAD SPENT TIME IN PRISON, POSSIBLY NEBRASKA, WITH JAMES EARL RAY. [REDACTED] TOLD [REDACTED] THAT HE HAD NOTES ON THE HIJACKING AND [REDACTED] SAID HE WANTED TO SEE THEM, AND TOLD [REDACTED] THEY COULD COMPARE EVERYTHING THEY HAD.

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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE INFORMATION CONCERNING JAMES EARL RAY MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FURNISHED [REDACTED] AS SET FORTH IN LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, AND MAY CONNECT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN SOME WAY.

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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAS ONLY SUPPLIED [REDACTED] WITH GENERAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT SPECIFICS WHICH [REDACTED] MENTIONED TO [REDACTED] AS MENTIONED IN ABOVE LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE, AND STATED HE

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DB Cooper-15839

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PAGE FOUR, MP 164-73, CLEAR

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DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY OF IT, AND DID NOT FURNISH ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

HE TALKED TO [REDACTED] IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL, 1977, ABOUT [REDACTED] MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN CONTACTED BY [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] NEVER MENTIONED [REDACTED] AND MENTIONED [REDACTED] ONCE. [REDACTED] WERE CREW MEMBERS ON THE PLANE. [REDACTED] DID MENTION [REDACTED]

THIS COMMUNICATION SENT TO ALL OFFICES WITH OUTSTANDING LEADS FROM LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE FOR INFORMATION AND TO ASSIST IN ANY INTERVIEWS. NO SPECIFIC LEADS BEING SENT AT THIS TIME AND ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF OFFICE OF ORIGIN.

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DB Cooper-15840

Serials: 164-2111, 164-99, LA 164-497, LR 164-22, MP 164-73, SD 164-91, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7604

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