Portland to Seattle re McNeil Island inmate interview about possible NORJAK suspect

Document date 16 December 1971

Part 67pages 340–3412 pagesDB Cooper-28673–28674

Also filed at: Part 16 pp. 199–200

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Document: Teletype Portland to Seattle re McNeil Island inmate interview about possible NORJAK suspect
Id: Cooper-Part-67:340-341
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-67%3A340-341

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 pp. 340–341 (DB Cooper-28673–28674), Teletype, dated 16 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1851 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-67%3A340-341

NR 003 PD PLAIN 10:46 PXAM URGENT 12-16-71 LJQ TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 2P

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NORJAK

WITNESS: [redacted]

ON DECEMBER FIFTEEN, SEVENTY ONE, [redacted], DATE OF BIRTH [redacted] INMATE, MC NEIL ISLAND FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, INTERVIEWED AT U.S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, PORTLAND. HE WAS APPROACHED BY UNKNOWN HOMOSEXUAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN DECEMBER, NINETEEN SEVENTY, WHO, WITH A SECOND HOMOSEXUAL, INTRODUCED HIM TO UNKNOWN MALE WHO ASKED [redacted] IF HE KNEW HOW TO PARACHUTE AND IF HE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN HIJACKING AN AIRPLANE. [redacted] DECLINED.

TWO HOMOSEXUALS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALES, APPROXIMATELY SIXTY TO SIXTY FIVE YEARS. UNSUB WHO MADE OFFER DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, EARLY FORTIES, FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, [redacted] BROWN HAIR, EYES [redacted] BELIEVED CONNECTED WITH GAMBLING OPERATIONS IN NEVADA. [redacted] SAW UNSUB IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IN [redacted] BELIEVES HIS END PAGE ONE

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Sub. [illegible] 164-81-1851 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ ... [illegible] FILED [illegible] DEC [guess: 16] 1971 FBI — SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-28673

PD 164-41 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED], NEVADA. UNSUB MAY BE KNOWN BY [REDACTED], [REDACTED], LAS VEGAS, AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED], LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE [REDACTED], LAS VEGAS. [REDACTED] BY UNSUB WHEN [REDACTED] CASINO IN LAS VEGAS IN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SCHEDULED TO RETURN MC NEIL ISLAND FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN NEAR FUTURE.

ANY ACTION LEFT TO DISCRETION OF OO. -P- END SLT FBI SE CLR

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DB Cooper-28674

Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1851