To SAC Minneapolis re Major's referral of Sioux Falls, SD individual with D.B. Cooper information
Document date 1 July 1980
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-78:411-415 Document: Memo to SAC Minneapolis re Major's referral of Sioux Falls, SD individual with D.B. Cooper information Id: Cooper-Part-78:411-415 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A411-415 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 78 pp. 411–415 (DB Cooper-34289, DB Cooper-34290, DB Cooper-34292, DB Cooper-34293), Memo, dated 1 Jul 1980, serial MP 164-73-654 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A411-415
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (C) DATE: 7/1/80
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle
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On June 23, 1980, Major [REDACTED] telephonically advised that a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] desired to speak to an Agent of the FBI concerning the hijacking by an individual known as D. B. COOPER.
On June 23, 1980, [REDACTED], Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was interviewed at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with Major [REDACTED] present.
Immediately at the outset of the inter- view, [REDACTED] advised only that he knew what had happened when the individual known as D. B. COOPER bailed out of the airplane and that he knew what happened to the money, who hid COOPER out, and where. He said additionally he knew where COOPER had been moved to "after things had cooled down." He then would only say that he knew that D. B. COOPER [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ [FILED] _____ JUL 2 1980 FBI — MINNEAPOLIS
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1 - Minneapolis (1)
164-73-654
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-34289
MP 164-73
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[REDACTED] then stated before he gave specific information concerning the above, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
He stated that [REDACTED]
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In addition to the above [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] was then asked [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] was advised that Special Agent [REDACTED] [REDACTED], and unless specific information was obtained, wherein someone of apparent authority could make a decision based upon the information, no further consideration could be given [REDACTED]. It was then explained to [REDACTED] that the Federal Government could make no decision based upon the information that he had provided, as the information was of no value and that he would not
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DB Cooper-34290
MP 164-73
be afforded any consideration [REDACTED] such time as total and specific information could be obtained from him, in order to allow such an evalua- tion which would have to be made [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] then stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Rapid City, South Dakota, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he had a conversation with a [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]. He stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and based upon his recollection of composite drawings of D. B. COOPER, he was unable to identify any person. [REDACTED] then stated that he had received information from an individual [REDACTED]
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Additionally, according to [REDACTED]
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According to [REDACTED]
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MP 164-73
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[REDACTED] said that [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] then speculated that the parachute that streamed down had possibly hit the river, therefore, accounting for the recent news accounts of money being found in or near the river relating to D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] said that if [REDACTED] knows the details of how D. B. COOPER got out of that area, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] those details have not been communicated to him.
As additional information for file, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] is well known to the writer, as well as [REDACTED] parents, wherein his father's name is [REDACTED]. The various members of [REDACTED] family, namely, [REDACTED]
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No known information has ever been developed, indica- ting the [REDACTED] was involved in the hijacking of instant matter.
[REDACTED] stated that prior to termination of the interview that he did not want the FBI to go around asking any questions of the [REDACTED] or he would be put in danger as being a "snitch" [REDACTED]. He stated that he would, in fact, take a polygraph examination and testify [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
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DB Cooper-34292
MP 164-73
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Based upon statements of [REDACTED] that he [REDACTED]
Major advised [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] is described as follows:
Sex Male Race White Date of Birth [REDACTED] Place of Birth [REDACTED]
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In view of the obvious discrepancy, reported by [REDACTED] and writer's knowledge of [REDACTED] family [REDACTED], South Dakota, [REDACTED], it is recommended that this informa- tion be made a matter of record only and that no investigation is being conducted.
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DB Cooper-34293
Serials: MP 164-73, MP 164-73-654