SAC Miami to SAC Seattle (RUC) re NORJAK suspect at Merita Bakeries, Oakland Park, Florida
Document date 14 September 1978
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-42:117-119 Document: Airtel SAC Miami to SAC Seattle (RUC) re NORJAK suspect at Merita Bakeries, Oakland Park, Florida Id: Cooper-Part-42:117-119 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A117-119 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 42 pp. 117–119 (DB Cooper-16812–16814), Airtel, dated 14 Sep 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-42%3A117-119
FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)
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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ E F T O ☐ CLEAR Date 9/14/78
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, MIAMI (164-552) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK(A) (OO: Seattle)
Re Albuquerque airtel to Miami, 7/12/78.
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On 7/24/78, a review of the indicated Ft. Lauderdale, Florida City Directory disclosed the following information:
The 1972 Directory reflects [REDACTED] as residing at [REDACTED] Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. [REDACTED] is shown to be [REDACTED] for Merita Bakeries, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The 1977-1978 Telephone Directory reflects [REDACTED] as residing at [REDACTED] Oakland Park, Florida.
On 8/7/78, it was determined that records of the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Police Department were negative with regard to [REDACTED].
On 8/9/78, it was determined that files of the Oakland Park, Florida Police Department were also negative regarding [REDACTED].
On 8/14/78, a pretext telephone call to Merita Bakeries, 4280 N. Dixie Highway, Oakland Park, Florida, disclosed that [REDACTED] was still employed at that location.
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(2) - Seattle 1 - Albuquerque (149-131) (Info) 1 - Miami MW:mll (4)
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SEARCHED [INDEXED] [FILED] SERIALIZED SEP 21 1978 FBI/DOJ
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b6 b7C nR
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DB Cooper-16812
MM 164-552
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During the period 8/14/78 through 8/23/78, several attempts were made to contact [REDACTED] at his place of employment and at his place of residence. All attempts met with negative results as [REDACTED] was never found to be at his place of employment or at his place of residence.
On 8/28/78, [REDACTED] was contacted at his place of employment; that is, Merita Bakeries, Oakland Park, Florida. At that time, he provided the following information:
He has been employed with Merita Bakeries for approximately [REDACTED] He was so employed during November, 1971. He has never been in the northwest portion of the United States; specifically, he has never been in Oregon or Washington.
[REDACTED] was noted to be a white male, and he advised he was born [REDACTED] He is 5'11" tall, and has weighed between 150 and 160 pounds for the past 15 to 20 years. He has [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, as the years passed, he became less and less involved in skydiving. Only on occasions, does he now jump. In [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She now resides at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Margate, Florida, which was his place of residence at the time of the D. B. COOPER hijacking.
In his denial that he is identical to the indivi- dual known as D. B. COOPER, who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight on 11/24/71, [REDACTED] stated he was not quite sure how he would be able to establish his whereabouts on the specific date of 11/24/71. He feels that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] that he was in the South Florida area on that particular date. Also, since he has been an employee of Merita Bakeries for approximately [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the possibility exists that payroll records might establish his presence in the Ft. Lauderdale area on 11/24/71. If the need should arise, [REDACTED] was of the opinion that he could probably find a photograph of himself taken sometime around 1971.
On 9/11/78, [REDACTED] telephonically advised that he had been in touch with his [REDACTED], Merita Bakeries, 561 N. W. 32nd Street, Miami, Florida, who
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DB Cooper-16813
MM 164-552
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advised him that he [REDACTED] could only locate employment and/or payroll records for [REDACTED] as far back as 1972. [REDACTED] was unable to locate any records prior to 1972.
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On 9/11/78, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Margate, Florida, telephone number [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] in November, 1971. To the best of her knowledge, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was not away from home for any period of time during November, 1971. Also, if memory serves her correctly, it was in early or mid-November, 1971 that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For some reason, 11/22/71 comes to her mind as being the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] requested, however. [REDACTED]
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During interview of [REDACTED] it was noted that he [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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Miami indices regarding [REDACTED] are negative.
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Due to the absence of any additional information to suggest that [REDACTED] should be considered as being iden- tical to UNSUB, aka D. B. Cooper, unless advised to the contrary by Office of Origin, no further inquiries regarding [REDACTED] are being made and this matter is being placed in an RUC.
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CONSIDER UNSUB ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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3*.
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DB Cooper-16814
Serials: MM 164-552, SE 164-81