Seattle to Director re NORJAK press inquiries

This copy: Part 76 pp. 16–17Also filed at Part 41 pp. 389–390 (primary)

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Seattle to Director re press inquiries on NORJAK suspect James Bryant Coffelt

Document date 27 April 1978

Part 76pages 16–172 pagesDB Cooper-32915–32916

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Id: Cooper-Part-76:016-017

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-76:016-017

Document: Teletype Seattle to Director re press inquiries on NORJAK suspect James Bryant Coffelt
Id: Cooper-Part-76:016-017
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-76%3A016-017

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 76 pp. 16–17 (DB Cooper-32915–32916), Teletype, dated 27 Apr 1978, serial SE 164-81-7864 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-76%3A016-017

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SEO001 1171856Z RR HQ DE SE R 271750Z APR 78 FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A). OO: SEATTLE. RE TELEPHONE CALL BETWEEN SA [REDACTED] SEATTLE DIVISION, AND [REDACTED], FBI HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 25, 1978. RECENTLY SEVERAL PRESS INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY VARIOUS FBI DIVISIONS CONCERNING NORJAK SUSPECT JAMES BRYANT COFFELT (DECEASED), [REDACTED]. AS A RESULT OF THESE INQUIRIES, PRESS RELEASES CONCERNING NORJAK HAVE BEEN MADE. SEATTLE DIVISION HAS NOTED THAT IT HAS BEEN THE HABIT OF THE PRESS TO CALL SEATTLE TO OBTAIN A STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS MATTER AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CALL ANOTHER DIVISION OR CONTACT ANOTHER DIVISION FOR A SIMILAR STATEMENT. IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THE INFORMATION

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aub A-A 164-81-7864

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DB Cooper-32915

PAGE TWO SE 164-81 UNCLAS RELEASED CONCERNING THIS IMPORTANT BUREAU INVESTIGATION, IT IS SUGGESTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BUREAU THAT ALL DIVISIONS BE ADVISED TO REFER ANY PRESS INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS MATTER TO THE SEATTLE DIVISION OF THE FBI, INASMUCH AS SEATTLE IS ORIGIN IN THIS CASE. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BT

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DB Cooper-32916

Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7864