SA to SAC Seattle re attempts to contact NORJAK suspect, Port Angeles/Sequim area
Document date 10 February 1978
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-41:276-277 Document: Memo SA to SAC Seattle re attempts to contact NORJAK suspect, Port Angeles/Sequim area Id: Cooper-Part-41:276-277 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A276-277 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 pp. 276–277 (DB Cooper-16311–16312), Memo, dated 10 Feb 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A276-277
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE: 2/10/78 REPLY TO ATTN OF: SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
RE: [REDACTED]
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Se Seattle memo of SA [REDACTED] dated 12/20/77.
Attempts to contact [REDACTED] [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] on several occasions met with negative results.
On February 7, 1977, a review of the files of the Port Angeles, Washington, Police Department, and the Clallam County Sheriff's Office, revealed no arrest record for [REDACTED] born [REDACTED]
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Driver's license records indicated [REDACTED] has Washington State driver's license number [REDACTED] which is endorsed for a motorcycle and lists [REDACTED] residence as [REDACTED] Port Angeles, Washington. [REDACTED] is described as a white male, 160 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair, 6'1".
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On Feburary 7, 1977, [REDACTED] Clallam County Sheriff's Office, advised he had known [REDACTED] personally going back to a period prior to his association with the Sheriff's Office in 1970. [REDACTED] is a man who looks older that his chronological years and has worn a moustache on an off again, on again basis for his entire association with [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] can not recall if at the time in question, November 24, 1971, whether or not [REDACTED] had the moustache. [REDACTED] is currently and was then receiving a small disability for [REDACTED] he sustained in the military and it is [REDACTED] recollection that [REDACTED] was or did receive paratrooper training in the military. In about 1972 or 1973, [REDACTED] purchased a light aircraft which he uses to fly from Port Angeles to the Ocean Shores area beaches for clamming, he has failed to pass the written test but
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] FEB 1 [guess: 0] 1978 FBI -- SEATTLE
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(2)- Seattle EDK:skh (2)
[guess: Buy] U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the P[guess: ayroll] Savings Plan
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DB Cooper-16311
SE 164-81
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still flys very regularly, [REDACTED] knows of no previous flight experience for [REDACTED] is a very aggressive individual and is not the least bit timid.
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In 1970, [REDACTED] business was in financial problems and he was [REDACTED] some sort of promissory note to continue the business.
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[REDACTED] was a prime suspect, but was totally uncooperative and referred all law enforcement inquiry to his lawyer. Throughout the next few years [REDACTED] struggled with his business and in 1972 or 1973 purchased a new site in Port Angeles with the help [REDACTED] who lives in Oregon and [REDACTED]
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In all [REDACTED] association with [REDACTED] nothing has ever come to his attention which would have led him to suspect [REDACTED] was in fact "D.B. COOPER". [REDACTED] further stated that he felt sure a direct approach in interviewing [REDACTED] would be totally useless without very strong physical evidence.
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On February 7, 1978, [REDACTED] Clallam County Credit Bureau, advised their records indicated [REDACTED] and his business had continually had minor financial problems, all which seemed to have been resolved at this time from the inception previous to 1970 throughout the present. Credit Bureau records substantiated the fact that land purchased by [REDACTED] for his business in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was jointly mortgaged in the name [REDACTED] [REDACTED] company, [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] and the majority of [REDACTED] financial dealings are with Seattle First National Bank, Sequim Branch. Social Security Number is [REDACTED]
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It is also noted that [REDACTED] allegedly went AWOL from the Army at one time.
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It is suggested case Agent consider review of [REDACTED] military record and comparison of fingerprints with any latents possible developed at the time of captioned hijacking.
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DB Cooper-16312