SAC Las Vegas to SAC Oklahoma City re NORJAK tip from Harvey's Resort call
This copy: Part 96 pp. 401–402Also filed at Part 46 pp. 158–159 (primary)
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SAC Las Vegas to SAC Oklahoma City re NORJAK suspect leads
Document date 1 October 1981
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 pp. 401–402 (DB Cooper-43350–43351), Airtel, dated 1 Oct 1981, serial 164-21-1849 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-96%3A401-402
xx AIRTEL
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10/1/81
TO: SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY
FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK CAA - HIJACKING (A) OO: Seattle Bufile: 164-2111
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Re Las Vegas investigation at Stateline, Nevada, entitled [REDACTED], Bufile b6 [REDACTED]. b7C
During the recent arrest of [REDACTED], b6 Et Al at Fresno, California, concurrent with investigation b7C at Stateline, Nevada, in [REDACTED], the following information was obtained:
[REDACTED], Harvey's Resort b6 Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada, telephone [REDACTED], b7C advised SA Joseph A. Dushek of the Las Vegas Division, that near the end of August 1981, as a result of news coverage of the arrests of the [REDACTED] suspects, that an older man contacted Harvey's by long distance from Oklahoma and stated he believed that he knew the identity of D. B. Cooper.
The caller identified himself to the Harvey's switchboard as [REDACTED], Norman, b6 Oklahoma, telephone [REDACTED]. He indicated the recent b7C press releases re [REDACTED] arrests "jarred" his memory and that a former neighbor [REDACTED], aka [REDACTED], who lived across the street of his old address of [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, he believes is identical to the hijacker.
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2 - Oklahoma City (2) - Portland (164-41) 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2 -[REDACTED] (1) (Info) (8)
164 - [guess: 21] - 1849 DB Cooper-43350
LV 164-60
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] bragged about b6 the hijacking matter with his son [REDACTED] during the b7C time he resided across the street from them, exact date unrecalled. A witness to these statements and who possibly could provide additional information regarding [REDACTED] is [REDACTED] Last Name Unknown (LNU), who is employed at the Ruth Ashbrook Bakery, located on the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Tolman in Portland.
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[REDACTED] advised he resided across the street b6 from [REDACTED] for 3 to 4 years until he moved to theStrong- b7C burg area, then subsequently moved to Texas and to Norman, Oklahoma. He does not know if [REDACTED] still resides on [REDACTED] in Portland.
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[REDACTED] indicated that he did not contact the b6 FBI previously because he did not associate [REDACTED] with b7C the hijacking until he read the newspaper accounts of the Harvey's bombing arrests at Fresno, California. He indicated [REDACTED] served in the U. S. Navy during World War II.
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Las Vegas indices negative regarding [REDACTED] b6 (also searched as [REDACTED] and/or [REDACTED]. b7C
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LEADS
OKLAHOMA CITY DIVISION:
At Norman, Oklahoma:
Will interview [REDACTED], telephone [REDACTED], regarding specific details b6 as to why he suspects his former Portland neighbor, [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] as being the hijacker and further information regarding
(phonetic)
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PORTLAND DIVISION:
At Portland, Oregon:
Will check indices regarding [REDACTED] possibly b6 residing in the [REDACTED]. b7C
Will interview [REDACTED] LNU, employee of the Ruth Ashbrook Bakery, corner of Tolman Avenue and Milwaukee, to ascertain the accusation that [REDACTED] is possibly identical to D. B. Cooper
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2*
DB Cooper-43351
Serials: 164-21-1849, 164-2111, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81