Portland to Seattle re NORJAK suspect interview, three pages

This copy: Part 67 pp. 315–316Also filed at Part 18 pp. 179–181 (primary)

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Urgent teletype Portland to Seattle re suspect spending large amounts of money at Sandy Hut

Document date 29 December 1971

Part 67pages 315–3162 pagesDB Cooper-28630–28631

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 pp. 315–316 (DB Cooper-28630–28631), Teletype, dated 29 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1936 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-67%3A315-316

NR 008 PD PLAIN 6:14 PM URGENT 12-29-71 AJW TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 3P

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NORJAK.

SUSPECT [REDACTED] OFF-DUTY PORTLAND POLICE OFFICER FURNISHED INFO ON DECEMBER TWO NINE SEVENTY ONE THAT SUSPECT WAAS SPENDING LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AT SANDY HUT BAR AND RESTAURANT, ONE FOUR THREE ZERO N.E. SANDY, PORTLAND. SUSPECT RESEMBLED COM- POSITE OF HIJACKER; SUPPOSEDLY ADVISED POLICE OFFICER THAT HE WAS LICENSED PILOT AND PARACHUTE JUMPER.

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SUSPECT CONTACTED AT HUT BAR, WAS IN STATE OF EXTREME INEBRIA- TION, UNCOOPERATIVE, FURNISHED AS IDENTIFICATION WASHINGTON DRIVERS LICENSE NO. [REDACTED], IN NAME [REDACTED], ADDRESS [REDACTED] , WASHINGTON. ADVISED ANDD FURNISHED IDENTIFICATION AS MEMBER OF WASHINGTON TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION. FURNISHED DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED]; POB [REDACTED] . FURTHER DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET EIGHT, HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, BROWN EYES, WEARS GLASSES, HAIR GRAYING, AN FAA PILOT LICENSE NO. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. END OF PAGE ONE

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Sub. J 164-81-1936 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... DEC 29 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-28630

PD 164-41 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] FEATURES ARE IN VARIANCE WITH ARTISTS SKETCH AS FOLLOWS: [REDACTED] HAS FULLER CHEEKS, BROADER END OF NOSE, LARGER MOUTH, HAIR IS FULL ON TOP BUT RECEDES. SUSPECT STATED HE WAS IN PORTLAND, CELEBRATING [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED], ADDRESS [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, AND AN [REDACTED] [REDACTED], OREGON. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO PORTLAND TO PICK UP SUSPECT. HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUSPECT [REDACTED] PREVIOUS TO BEING PAID BY SUSPECT AND [REDACTED] FOR TRIP TO PORTLAND.

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SUSPECT STATED DURING INTERVIEW HE COULD NOT RECALL HIS EXACT LOCATION ON NOVEMBER TWO THREE OR TWO FOUR LAST, COULD BE VERIFIED THROUGH REVIEW OF HIS APPOINTMENT BOOK KEPT [REDACTED]. STATED

HE WAS [REDACTED], RESIDING [REDACTED] AT ADDRESS ON WDL.

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BARTENDER INTERVIEWED, ADVISED SUSPECT HAD BEEN IN BAR SINCE NINE A.M., HAD BROKEN FOUR ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS. CASH REGISTER VOID OF ANY TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS FOR DAY'S RECEIPTS. END OF PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-28631

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Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1936