SAC Las Vegas to SAC Oklahoma City re NORJAK tip from Harvey's Resort call
Document date 1 October 1981
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 46 pp. 158–159 (DB Cooper-18953–18954), Airtel, dated 1 Oct 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A158-159
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10/1/81
TO: SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY
FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK CAA - HIJACKING (A) OO: Seattle Bufile: 164-2111
Re Las Vegas investigation at Stateline, Nevada, entitled [REDACTED]; [REDACTED] Bufile b6 b7C
During the recent arrest of [REDACTED] b6 Et Al at Fresno, California, concurrent with investigation b7C at Stateline, Nevada, in [REDACTED] the following information was obtained:
[REDACTED] Harvey's Resort b6 Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada, telephone [REDACTED] b7C advised SA [REDACTED] of the Las Vegas Division, that near the end of August 1981, as a result of news coverage of the arrests of the [REDACTED] suspects, that an older man contacted Harvey's by long distance from Oklahoma and stated he believed that he knew the identity of D. B. Cooper.
The caller identified himself to the Harvey's switchboard as [REDACTED] Norman, b6 Oklahoma, telephone [REDACTED] He indicated the recent b7C press releases re [REDACTED] arrests "jarred" his memory and that a former neighbor [REDACTED] aka [REDACTED] who lived across the street of his old address of [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, he believes is identical to the hijacker.
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2 - Oklahoma City 3 - Portland (164-41) 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2 - [REDACTED] (1 [REDACTED]) (Info) JAD:kdl (8)
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[guess: LGIA] - [guess: 8587] 1981 DB Cooper-18953
LV 164-60
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] bragged about the hijacking matter with his son [REDACTED] during the time he resided across the street from them, exact date unrecalled. A witness to these statements and who possibly could provide additional information regarding [REDACTED] is [REDACTED] Last Name Unknown (LNU), who is employed at the Ruth Ashbrook Bakery, located on the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Tolman in Portland.
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[REDACTED] advised he resided across the street from [REDACTED] for 3 to 4 years until he moved to the Strongburg area, then subsequently moved to Texas and to Norman, Oklahoma. He does not know if [REDACTED] still resides on [REDACTED] in Portland.
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[REDACTED] indicated that he did not contact the FBI previously because he did not associate [REDACTED] with the hijacking until he read the newspaper accounts of the Harvey's bombing arrests at Fresno, California. He indicated [REDACTED] served in the U. S. Navy during World War II.
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Las Vegas indices negative regarding [REDACTED] (also searched as [REDACTED] and/or [REDACTED])
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LEADS
OKLAHOMA CITY DIVISION:
At Norman, Oklahoma:
[REDACTED] Will interview [REDACTED] (phonetic [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] regarding specific details as to why he suspects his former Portland neighbor, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] as being the hijacker and further information regarding
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PORTLAND DIVISION:
At Portland, Oregon:
Will check indices regarding [REDACTED] possibly residing in the [REDACTED]
Will interview [REDACTED] LNU, employee of the Ruth Ashbrook Bakery, corner of Tolman Avenue and Milwaukee, to ascertain the accusation that [REDACTED] is possibly identical to D. B. Cooper
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DB Cooper-18954
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