To SAC Portland re bank sighting of individual resembling hijacker sketch
Document date 10 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-91:334-335
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:334-335 Document: Memo to SAC Portland re bank sighting of individual resembling hijacker sketch Id: Cooper-Part-91:334-335 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A334-335 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 91 pp. 334–335 (DB Cooper-40733–40734), Memo, dated 10 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-3616 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A334-335
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)(P) DATE: 12/10/71
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight 305 Portland to Seattle Suspect 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION ELIMINATED OO: SEATTLE
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On 12/10/71, 11:00 a.m., [REDACTED], telephone [REDACTED], advised he had been in the Industrial Branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, 1640 N.W. 19th, Portland, Oregon, at 10:00 a.m. this morning. He advised an individual who appeared similar to the artist's sketch of the hijacker was in the bank. He described the individual as being 5'6"-5'7", 150 pounds, wearing blue satin bellbottoms, dark raincoat, black hair, hooked nose, receding hairline, and a dark complexion. [REDACTED] said the individual left the bank in a blue Volkswagen, Oregon license [REDACTED].
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On 12/10/71, the Oregon State Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem, Oregon, advised as follows:
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[REDACTED — large blank area, likely containing vehicle registration details]
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Due to differences between descriptions of the hijacker and [REDACTED] no leads are recommended. 2 - Portland LDT:pjb (2)
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 3010-108-07 DB Cooper-40733
PD 164-41 RPK:sao 1
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]:
AT PORTLAND, OREGON
On December 8, 1971, [REDACTED], telephone [REDACTED], was contacted and advised [REDACTED] by the name of [REDACTED] re- sides at [REDACTED] Portland, telephone [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] bears no resemblance to the composite photograph she saw in the newspaper as that of the person responsible for hijacking a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727, November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] is approximately five feet ten inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. [REDACTED] further advised, as far as she knows, [REDACTED] knows nothing about skydiving or parachutes.
[REDACTED] stated, according to her records, [REDACTED] was working [REDACTED] in Portland on November 24, 1971. He was there all day and did not leave until after 5:00 PM.
[REDACTED] concluded by saying [REDACTED] and is one of her most trusted employees.
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164-41-3616 [illegible initials]
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DB Cooper-40734
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-3616