Minneapolis to Director and field offices re claims and NWAL permission (NORJAK)

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [X] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [X] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] Airtel [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O [X] CLEAR Date 7-21-77

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FM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PRIORITY 1352 SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY 1452 DENVER (164-98) PRIORITY 1552 LOS ANGELES (164-497) PRIORITY 2347Z ATLANTA PRIORITY 2052 LAS VEGAS PRIORITY 2252 SAN DIEGO (164-91) PRIORITY 0031Z LITTLE ROCK (164-22) PRIORITY 0046Z

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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, AND DENVER TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977.

[REDACTED] WAS INTERVIEWED TELEPHONICALLY ON JULY 21, 1977, AND FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

HE WAS CONTACTED BY A [REDACTED] AROUND THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, 1977, AND WAS ASKED BY [REDACTED] TO ACT AS A 1 - Minneapolis

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Approved [REDACTED] Transmitted 004 above P GPO : 1977 O - 225-530 DB Cooper-34228

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FBI

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[REDACTED] ABOUT THE HIJACKING. HE INFORMED [REDACTED] THAT PERMISSION FROM NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES (NWAL) MUST BE OBTAINED. HE DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH NWAL [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

NWAL, MP, MN. [REDACTED] IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECEIVED A [REDACTED] FROM [REDACTED] CONCERNING [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] ASKED HIM TO COME TO CALIFORNIA THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL TO DISCUSS [REDACTED], BUT HE DID NOT GO. HE STATED THAT [REDACTED] ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD PERMISSION AND FULL COOPERATION FROM THE FBI AND ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIFFIN BELL. [REDACTED] ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT A COMPLETE FBI FILE ON THE HIJACKING HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HIM FROM "THE WEST COAST", BUT NO SPECIFIC OFFICE WAS MENTIONED. [REDACTED] THOUGHT THIS ODD IF THE INVESTIGATION WAS NOT CLOSED. ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE RELATED, HE THINKS THAT [REDACTED] STEWARDESS, NWAL, MAY HAVE [REDACTED] WHO WORKS FOR THE FBI.

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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) (Time) GPO : 1977 O - 225-539 DB Cooper-34229

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[REDACTED] ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THE PLACE THE HIJACKER WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BAILED OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT WAS INCORRECT, BUT [REDACTED] DID NOT STATE THE EXACT LOCATION. [REDACTED] SAID THAT D. B. COOPER (HIJACKER) DIED IN 1975, NOT AS A RESULT OF BAILING OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT, AND COOPER HAD SPENT TIME IN PRISON, POSSIBLY NEBRASKA, WITH JAMES EARL RAY. [REDACTED] TOLD [REDACTED] THAT HE HAD NOTES ON THE HIJACKING AND [REDACTED] SAID HE WANTED TO SEE THEM, AND TOLD [REDACTED] THEY COULD COMPARE EVERYTHING THEY HAD.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE INFORMATION CONCERNING JAMES EARL RAY MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FURNISHED [REDACTED] AS SET FORTH IN LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, AND MAY CONNECT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN SOME WAY.

[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAS ONLY SUPPLIED [REDACTED] WITH GENERAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT SPECIFICS WHICH [REDACTED] MENTIONED TO [REDACTED] AS MENTIONED IN ABOVE LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE, AND STATED HE

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Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) GPO : 1977 O - 225-539 DB Cooper-34230

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DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY OF IT, AND DID NOT FURNISH ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

HE TALKED TO [REDACTED] IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL, 1977, ABOUT [REDACTED] MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN CONTACTED BY [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] NEVER MENTIONED [REDACTED] AND MENTIONED [REDACTED] ONCE. [REDACTED] WERE CREW MEMBERS ON THE PLANE. [REDACTED] DID MENTION [REDACTED]

THIS COMMUNICATION SENT TO ALL OFFICES WITH OUTSTANDING LEADS FROM LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE FOR INFORMATION AND TO ASSIST IN ANY INTERVIEWS. NO SPECIFIC LEADS BEING SENT AT THIS TIME AND ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF OFFICE OF ORIGIN.

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