SAC Sacramento to Director re 3/21/85 reinterview of NORJAK source

Document date 29 March 1985

Part 47pages 300–3034 pagesDB Cooper-19702–19704

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Document: Airtel SAC Sacramento to Director re 3/21/85 reinterview of NORJAK source
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 47 pp. 300–303 (DB Cooper-19702–19704), Airtel, dated 29 Mar 1985 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A300-303

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 3/29/85

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (146-2111)

FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164A-50) (P)

NORJAK CAA-HIJACKING (A) OO: SEATTLE

Re Sacramento airtel to the Bureau, dated 3/15 and3/20/85.

On 3/21/85, [REDACTED] was reinterviewed and furnished the following information:

On the evening of 3/19/85, she re-established contact with [REDACTED] in Billings, Montana. She [REDACTED] and attempted [REDACTED] captioned hijacking. She was only partially successful, inasmuch as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] did obtain the following background information regarding [REDACTED]

During [REDACTED] he resided somewhere near [REDACTED] in Denver, Colorado. He claimed that he had been [REDACTED] and formerly did [REDACTED] He has four children, two boys and two girls. The two boys evidently reside in the Billings, Montana area and are named [REDACTED] indicated to [REDACTED] that recently

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2- Bureau 2- Butte 2- Milwaukee 2- Portland (164A-41) 2- Seattle (164A-81) 2- Sacramento WAB/wlp (12)

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

1164A-81-8799 SERIALIZED [STAMPED] Per APR 8 1985

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Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ (Number) (Time)

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1984 0 - [guess: 149-465]

SC 164A-50

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that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] they received. He indicated that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He indicated that [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] He stated he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and therefore [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He further indicated that one of his daughters is presently living with an ex-wife, somewhere in Alabama. [REDACTED] stated he went to PATCHGROVE HIGH SCHOOL, in Wisconsin, but did not graduate until many years later, after he received a [REDACTED]

He further indicated to [REDACTED] that he has [REDACTED] [REDACTED] because he thinks [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He further indicated that he was presently working on a project, [REDACTED] which would [REDACTED] He indicated he was attempting [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] also told [REDACTED] that he has [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and has [REDACTED] and they get along very well. He stated they were [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He indicated he had recently [REDACTED] He told her this as he was telling her a story about how [REDACTED]

He further indicated that he had [REDACTED]

During their conversation, they talked about the times, when he was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She recalled he had [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

During the conversation, she attempted to get [REDACTED] He stated he was not sure he really wanted to do this, because [REDACTED] He stated that the [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] hijacking. He further stated that he would sit down many times and [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] He did state numerous times that he [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] is a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He does not do things without thinking about them for a long time. She indicated that during their conversation, he [REDACTED]

During their conversation, she again asked him [REDACTED] He stated to her that [REDACTED] the military. She ceased upon this point and asked him how tall he was and he indicated he was 5'7½". She stated that the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and he advised that many times he begged them to [REDACTED] in the military, but they never would.

He additionally told her that he had [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

In reviewing her telephone tolls, [REDACTED] advised that the numbers formerly furnished to the FBI were still correct and that according to her phone bill, these numbers are listed to him at [REDACTED] Montana."

For the information of the Bureau and receiving offices, [REDACTED] has consented to continuing her contacts with [REDACTED] until this matter is resolved. She has indicated to the Sacramento case agent that she is willing to ask him any questions that the FBI deems appropriate in order to elicit from him any information which might

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provide positively that he is in fact D. E. COOPER. In view of this, Sacramento request that future communications in this matter be forwarded to the Sacramento Division as well as the office of origin.

Additionally, should any office wish to have [REDACTED] ask any particular question, Sacramento should be advised as to that particular questioned and it will be relayed to [REDACTED]

For further information of the Bureau and office of origin, due to the current file destruction program, Sacramento is not in possession of the first five volumes of the investigation in captioned matter and therefore is not knowledgeable in the direction of the original investi- gation.

Therefore, if any technical questions arise, Sacra- mento will need to be advised as to the background nature of those questions.

Sacramento is maintaining contact with [REDACTED] and will furnish all information on a priority basis.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE CRIME, SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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Serials: PD 164-41, SC 164-50, SE 164-81