SAC Sacramento to SAC San Francisco re Geddes Eugene Harper, with photograph and San Francisco lead

Document date 24 July 1989

Part 49pages 258–2592 pagesDB Cooper-20400–20401

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-49:258-259

Document: Memo SAC Sacramento to SAC San Francisco re Geddes Eugene Harper, with photograph and San Francisco lead
Id: Cooper-Part-49:258-259
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 pp. 258–259 (DB Cooper-20400–20401), Memo, dated 24 Jul 1989 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A258-259

Memorandum

To : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) Date 7/24/89

From : SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (RUC) Sub: GEDDES EUGENE HARPER [redacted] - Source Subject: NORJAK

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Enclosed for San Francisco is a blow-up of a color photograph of GEDDES EUGENE HARPER taken at HARPER'S wedding, Eugene, Oregon, July of 1963.

For information of San Francisco, on 6/26/89, contact was made with [redacted] (protect identity per request) who is a [redacted] Redding, California. [redacted] advised that he had been advised by the FBI, Pennelton, Oregon (SA [redacted]) and by an Oregonian newspaper [redacted] [redacted] to relate to the FBI in Redding, California [redacted] [redacted] belief that a former [redacted] GEDDES EUGENE HARPER [redacted] HARPER closely resembles the composite photograph which has been shown on a number of occasions in newspapers. In addition, HARPER'S background and lifestyle also fits the type of individual who would commit such a crime as the one committed in captioned matter.

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[redacted] advised that HARPER was born on 6/20/41 and as noted from the color photograph in 1963, always looked much older than his age. He was in the U.S. Army, 101 Airborne Division, and was extremely unpredictable, [redacted] [redacted] and to do numerous other crazy stunts.

HARPER died at Roseburg, Oregon on 10/27/83 of alcoholic hepatitis.

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In 1971 when captioned matter occurred, he would [redacted] [redacted] is supposedly [redacted] and currently [redacted] in Fortuna, California. [redacted] first name unknown [redacted] supposedly still lives in Eureka, California.

GEDDES [redacted] and [redacted] [redacted] who still live in Eureka, California.

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2-San Francisco (Enc. 2) 1-Portland (164-41) (Info.) (1)Seattle (164-81) (Info.) 1-Sacramento JWR/lcm (5)

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

164-81 - 8981 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED [redacted] FILED [redacted] AUG 03 1989 SEATTLE DB Cooper-20400

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b6 b7C b7D

SC 164-50

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LEADS

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AT FORTUNA, CALIFORNIA: Will attempt to locate and interview [REDACTED] through b6 the [REDACTED] and determine the possibility of [REDACTED] b7c [REDACTED] GEDDES HARPER, as being identical to D.B. COOPER. If matter unresolved, will send enclosed color photograph to Portland to be shown to a witness who is known to still be residing within their territory.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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2*

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DB Cooper-20401

Serials: PD 164-41, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SF 164-220