SAC Butte (Fallin) to U.S. Attorney Byron H. Dunbar re Hobbs Act matter linked to NORJAK
Document date 28 March 1983
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-47:314-315 Document: Letter SAC Butte (Fallin) to U.S. Attorney Byron H. Dunbar re Hobbs Act matter linked to NORJAK Id: Cooper-Part-47:314-315 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A314-315 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 47 pp. 314–315 (DB Cooper-19715–19716), Letter, dated 28 Mar 1983, serial 164-0-56 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A314-315
U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
In Reply, Please Refer to File No. [REDACTED] P. O. Box #3007 Butte, Montana 59702 March 28, 1983
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Mr. Byron H. Dunbar U. S. Attorney Billings, Montana 59103
Attention: [REDACTED] Assistant U. S. Attorney
Re: [REDACTED] doing business as [REDACTED] Billings, Montana HOBBS ACT - COMMERCIAL INSTITUTION
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Dear Mr. Dunbar:
This letter is to confirm a conversation with [REDACTED] Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA), of your office and Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] of the FBI on March 14, 1983, at which time the following information was discussed:
On March 14, 1983, [REDACTED] Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office, Billings, Montana, advised that he had received a cassette recording from an individual who wished not to be identified. The individual had recently purchased a cassette recorder from a local pawn shop and later found that the recorder contained a cassette with a statement made by a person who identified himself as [REDACTED]
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On the tape, [REDACTED] refers to a meeting he had with an [REDACTED] in Minneapolis and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of the Airline Transportation Association with Northwest Orient Airlines. This meeting was held in the Logan Airport lobby and consisted of [REDACTED] asking the airline officials for 1.5 million dollars in a loan for developing a security system. [REDACTED] was advised that the airlines were not interested and the meeting was terminated.
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On February 10, 1983, airline officials again [guess: met] with [REDACTED] with the intention of discussing airline security; however, [REDACTED] proceeded to advise airline [guess: officials] officials of a hijacking scenario that he had planned. [guess: Na...]
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On March 14, 1983, [REDACTED] Northwest Airlines, telephonically advised that he had listened to a copy of the tape obtained from [REDACTED] and that from information on the tape, it was obvious to him that the tape was made after the first meeting with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He also advised that he was present at both meetings with [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] mental attitude had changed considerably from the first time they met until the second time. He described the second meeting with [REDACTED] as being more relaxed and [REDACTED] seemed much calmer.
[REDACTED] also expressed a concern over any action that might take place against [REDACTED]
The above information was supplied to AUSA [REDACTED] on March 14, 1983, at which time, AUSA [REDACTED] advised that he did not feel that the information obtained, as of this date, was sufficient to charge [REDACTED] with any criminal violation, and specifically, extortion.
In view of the above, no further investigation is being conducted at this time.
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Sincerely yours,
[signature] WILLIAM D. FALLIN Special Agent in Charge
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