SAC Seattle to Acting Director re NORJACK suspect, former 101st Airborne paratrooper

Document date 11 August 1987

Part 48pages 127–1282 pagesDB Cooper-20042–20043

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Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to Acting Director re NORJACK suspect, former 101st Airborne paratrooper
Id: Cooper-Part-48:127-128
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 48 pp. 127–128 (DB Cooper-20042–20043), Airtel, dated 11 Aug 1987, serial SE 164-81-8870 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-48%3A127-128

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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 8/11/87

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TO: ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P)

NORJACK CAA - HIJACKING OO: SEATTLE

RE: NORJACK suspect [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] is being considered a NORJACK suspect because he was a former paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division and it is reported that he has large quantities of money in the stock market managed by MERRILL LYNCH in San Francisco. In addition [REDACTED] was in the Washington State area at the time the crime was committed and he has bragged that he is D.B. COOPER.

For the information of the Sacramento and San Francisco Divisions, [REDACTED] Sacramento, California, [REDACTED] of suspect [REDACTED] and as a result of [REDACTED] she was to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in New Jersey. [REDACTED] advised that she [REDACTED] [REDACTED] from the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] was interviewed while in jail in Vancouver, Washington on May 14, 1987, at which time he advised that he spent the approximately [REDACTED] that he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in New Jersey on entertainment and that he

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

2 - Bureau (164-2111) 2 - Newark (164A-402) (Info.) 2 - Sacramento (164A-50) 2 - San Francisco (164A-220) 2 - Seattle (164A-81) 1 RNN:lph Approved: [signature] Transmitted __________ Per __________ (Number) (Time)

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Searched Serialized [initialed] Indexed Filed [initialed]

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164A -81-8870

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DB Cooper-20042

SE 164A-81

had given some portion of it to his children to help them out financially. He advised that he has approximately $60.00 to his name.

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LEADS:

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Will interview [REDACTED] and discreetly determine if in her opinion it is possible that [REDACTED] maybe identical with UNSUB.

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Will within the lines of the Right to Financial Privacy Act attempt to determine if [REDACTED] has an account with the MERRILL LYNCH COMPANY and if so, the approximate dollar amount of that account. If this information cannot be obtained without subpoena, San Francisco is to obtain the name of the person to be subpoenaed at MERRILL LYNCH.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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DB Cooper-20043

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Serials: 164-2111, NK 164-402, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8870, SF 164-220