FBI report, Seattle, NORJAK re reward proposals, NWAL and Royal Globe Insurance
Document date 30 November 1976
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
REPORTING OFFICE: SEATTLE OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE DATE: 11/30/76 INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD: 5/17/76 - 10/18/76 TITLE OF CASE: UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines Flight 305 From Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington 11/24/71 REPORT MADE BY: SA [REDACTED] TYPED BY: bjt CHARACTER OF CASE: CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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REFERENCE:
Seattle report of SA [REDACTED] dated 5/27/76; Minneapolis airtel to Seattle dated 7/13/76; Minneapolis nitel to Seattle dated 7/29/76; Seattle airtel to Bureau dated 8/3/76; Seattle airtel to Bureau dated 8/31/76; and Seattle letter to New York dated 10/18/76.
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
The purpose of this report is to advise the Bureau of pertinent facts concerning this major case other than the routine investigation of numerous suspects currently being processed.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED: [X] NONE ACQUIT-TALS: CASE HAS BEEN: PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [X]YES [ ]NO PENDING PROSECUTION OVER SIX MONTHS [ ]YES [X]NO
APPROVED SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
COPIES MADE: 8 - Bureau (164-2111) 1 - USA, Seattle 3 - Seattle (164-81)
164-81-7214
Dissemination Record of Attached Report Agency Request Recd. Date Fwd. How Fwd. By
COVER PAGE
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DB Cooper-15055
SE 164-81
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There are currently 848 suspects, 838 of whom have been eliminated. New suspects are being developed and appropriate investigation is being instituted. No promising suspects are under consideration at this time.
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The following is a table that shows the total number of suspects, as well as the number of suspects that have been processed and eliminated on certain dates during the past year:
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Date Total Suspects Processed & Eliminated 11/10/75 786 762 12/5/75 791 763 1/6/76 803 769 2/5/76 810 780 3/8/76 811 788 4/13/76 814 794 5/7/76 815 798 6/8/76 824 805 7/9/76 827 810 8/6/76 834 817 9/10/76 840 819 10/6/76 843 825 11/4/76 848 830
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Total suspects developed during the past year 62.
Total suspects processed and eliminated during the past year 68.
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B COVER PAGE
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DB Cooper-15056
SE 164-81
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Leads concerning individual suspects are being set out by separate communication. The results of these investigations are not being set forth in this report since all results to date have been negative. Positive results will be immediately forwarded to the Bureau by appropriate communication.
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C* COVER PAGE
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DB Cooper-15057
FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Copy to: 1 - USA, SEATTLE
Report of: [REDACTED] Office: SEATTLE b6 Date: 11/30/76 b7C
Field Office File #: 164-81 Bureau File #: 164-2111
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 11/24/71 Character: CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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Synopsis: b6 On 5/17/76, [REDACTED] Royal Globe b7C Insurance Company, New York, furnished information concerning contacts by several persons who have requested reward information. Liaison has been established with the Royal Globe Insurance Company through the New York Division to obtain any information concerning future inquires. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] Northwest Airlines (NWAL), Inc., advised it was NWAL's contention that the reward proposals which were publicized previously were no longer in effect. STAN PITKIN, U.S Attorney, Seattle, has stated it is the policy of his office to publicly claim the statute of limitations on this crime has not run. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DETAILS:
On 5/17/76, contact was made telephonically by the Seattle Division with the Royal Globe Insurance Company, 150 William Street, New York City, New York, as they are the insurance company that paid Northwest Orient b6 Airlines approximately $180,000 as a result of captioned b7C crime. [REDACTED] for the Royal Globe Insurance Company, advised she has received some inquiries from private citizens regarding a reward in this matter. [REDACTED] thought it would be possible to
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1970 O - 405-840 DB Cooper-15058
SE 164-81
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make this information available to the FBI.
The Minneapolis Division advised by airtel dated 7/13/76 as follows:
For information of Seattle, [REDACTED] Northwest Airlines (NWAL), Inc., was recontacted on 6/14/76 regarding the proposals mentioned in referenced airtel. As a result, [REDACTED] again conferred with the President of NWAL and they again reiterated that they are strongly opposed to the FBI contacting their insurance company. Additionally, [REDACTED] advised that he does not feel the insurance company's interests are completely in line with those of NWAL. [REDACTED] reluctantly advised that he did not wish to reveal the names of the insurance company officials handling this matter and again stated that NWAL is concerned with the results that may occur with any additonal publicity regarding the hijacking.
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[REDACTED] stated that it was NWAL's contention that the reward proposals which were publicized previously were no longer in effect. [REDACTED] stated that the Northwest employee who was most involved in the reward proposal has retired and it was [REDACTED] position that the reward had simply died out. President [REDACTED] did not rule out the possibility that should some new information concerning a subject or suspect in this case come up, he would consider a reward payment.
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Minneapolis has attempted to convince NWAL officials of the importance and urgency of this program but NWAL officials remain firm in their opposition to any further publicity.
Minneapolis Division advised by nitel dated 7/29/76 as follows:
[REDACTED] NWAL, Minneapolis, Minnesota, furnished information that NWAL had offered a reward of $25,000 for the arrest and conviction of the hijacker in this matter. [REDACTED] also stated the reward would remain valid through 12/31/76.
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DB Cooper-15059
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SE 164-81
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The following letter was written by United States Attorney STAN PITKIN to [REDACTED] Chief of the General Crime Section, Criminal Division, Depart- ment of Justice:
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DB Cooper-15060
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b5 Per EOUSA b6 b7C
DB Cooper-15061
b5 Per EOUSA b6 b7C
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DB-Cooper-15062
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On 10/18/76, Seattle Division advised the New York Division of the contact that had been made with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] for the Royal Globe b6 Insurance Company in New York. New York was advised to b7C establish liaison with the Royal Globe Insurance Company in order to obtain any information concerning future reward inquiries that may come to the attention of the Royal Globe Insurance Company.
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6* DB Cooper-15063
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7214