SAC Minneapolis to SAC Butte re NORJAK subject James Bryant Coffelt

Document date 12 September 1977

Part 40pages 247–2482 pagesDB Cooper-15945–15946

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Document: Memo SAC Minneapolis to SAC Butte re NORJAK subject James Bryant Coffelt
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 pp. 247–248 (DB Cooper-15945–15946), Memo, dated 12 Sep 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A247-248

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9/12/77

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TO: SAC, BUTTE

FROM: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A)

OO: SEATTLE

RE: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka Jack Bryant Coffelt, Bryant Arthur James Coffelt, (TN) [REDACTED]

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Enclosed for background information of Butte are two copies each of the following documents:

1. Seattle Teletype to the Bureau dated 7/20/77.

2. Seattle Teletype to the Bureau dated 7/22/77.

3. Minneapolis Teletype to the Bureau dated 8/22/77.

4. Seattle Airtel to the Bureau dated 8/17/77.

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For the information of Butte, [REDACTED] Northwest Airlines (NWAL), was contacted on 9/2/77 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] retired from NWAL in [REDACTED] and is now residing in [REDACTED] Montana, telephone [REDACTED]

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2 - Butte (Enc. 8) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (Info.) 1 - Minneapolis RHM:bcu (5)

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164-51 7656

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DB Cooper-15945

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b6 b7C b7D

NP 164-73

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[REDACTED] was due in Minneapolis on 9/9/77 in conjunction with his employment [REDACTED] for the airlines industry. Arrangements had been made for his interview by Minneapolis FBI, however [REDACTED] was unable to fit an interview into his schedule.

[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was not [REDACTED] at the time of the hijacking but was employed as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Minneapolis. In this capacity [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with the hi-jacked aircraft in captioned matter and was advising the crew as to altitude, range, and any performance or engineering questions they had.

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LEAD

BUTTE

AT [REDACTED], MONTANA

Will interview [REDACTED] as set forth in Seattle Airtel to the Bureau dated 8/17/77.

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DB Cooper-15946

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Serials: MP 164-73, NP 164-73, SE 164-51, SE 164-81