SA Portland to SAC Portland re Bend, Oregon tipster on composite drawing
Document date 5 July 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-96:177-178
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-96:177-178 Document: Memo SA Portland to SAC Portland re Bend, Oregon tipster on composite drawing Id: Cooper-Part-96:177-178 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A177-178 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 96 pp. 177–178 (DB Cooper-43095–43096), Memo, dated 5 Jul 1978, serial PD 164-41-1709 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A177-178
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P) DATE: 7/5/78 FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) (OO: Seattle)
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On 6/21/78, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], Bend, Oregon, telephone no. [REDACTED], advised that with the recent publicity concerning D. B. COOPER, he has been prompted to contact the FBI, and then advised as follows:
[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED], he resided in the Portland, Oregon area, and [REDACTED] Hillsboro, Oregon. [REDACTED] stated at that time he was employed [REDACTED] in Portland, Oregon. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated that following the D. B. COOPER hijacking, when COOPER's composite drawing was published with local newspapers, he recalled that his first reaction was that the drawing closely resembled [REDACTED], who was [REDACTED] in Hillsboro, Oregon. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED]. He believes that [REDACTED] at one time mentioned that he had military jumping experience. [REDACTED] is described as follows:
Race White Sex Male Height 6' Build Slender Hair Dark Eyes Possibly blue
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[Stamp: Portland ?6.[illegible]] (2) [REDACTED] Bu[reau] U.S. Savings [bonds] Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
[Handwritten case number:] 164-41-1709
DB Cooper-43095
PD 164-41
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[REDACTED] at that time was employed by [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Portland, Oregon. That firm may now be doing business under the name [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated that during the period of his acquaintance with [REDACTED], he gave no outward indication that he was considering a hijacking. The only reason [REDACTED] is contacting the FBI is that in view of a recent article wherein an FBI official felt that D. B. COOPER was deceased, he felt because of the close resemblance between [REDACTED] and the D. B. COOPER composite, the matter should be checked out.
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[REDACTED] also requested that the source of the above information be kept strictly confidential, and that the FBI's inquiries into the matter should not reveal his identity.
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LEAD
PORTLAND
AT PORTLAND, OREGON. Will conduct appropriate investigation to determine whether or not [REDACTED] may be identical with D. B. COOPER.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-43096
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1709