SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re Rowlett, Texas tip, lead to Portland Division
This copy: Part 97 pp. 291–292Also filed at Part 50 pp. 302–303 (primary)
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Re NORJAK transmitting Dallas interview, setting lead for Portland Division
Document date 14 January 1993
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Id: Cooper-Part-97:291-292
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-97:291-292 Document: Airtel re NORJAK transmitting Dallas interview, setting lead for Portland Division Id: Cooper-Part-97:291-292 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A291-292 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 97 pp. 291–292 (DB Cooper-43840), Airtel, dated 14 Jan 1993, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A291-292
FD-36.(Rev. 11-17-88)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS
Date 1/14/93
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[redacted]EATTLE (164A-SE-81) [redacted]
[redacted]ALLAS (164A-SE-81) (VC/F-JTF) (RUC)
[redacted] EATTLE
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Enclosed for the Seattle Division is one 1-A envelope containing a small sheet of paper with [redacted] name and address written on it and one original and one copy of an FD-302 regarding the interview of [redacted]. Enclosed for the Portland Division is one copy of an FD-302 regarding the interview of [redacted].
For information of Seattle and Portland Divisions, on 11/29/92, [redacted], Rowlett, Texas [redacted], telephonically contacted the Dallas Division and provided information he believed related to captioned matter.
On 1/6/93, Special Agent (SA) [redacted] contacted [redacted] at his residence at which time, [redacted] advised that he is employed by KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD in Greenville, Texas. Approximately six months ago [redacted] was loading a rail car at MARAZZI TILE (MT), in Dallas, Texas, when he met an individual named [redacted] was at MT loading a [redacted] when he and [redacted] began to converse. According to [redacted] during this conversation [redacted] told [redacted] that he had either [redacted] of land in St. Michoud, Oregon. [redacted] told [redacted] he had bought the land with money he received on an [redacted]
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② - Portland 2 - Seattle (164A-SE-81) [guess: 3] - Dallas
[handwritten text, partially legible:] the [guess: fund] [guess: at] [guess: Michoud] [illegible] [guess: what] [illegible] 164-SE-81- [illegible]
Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) (Time)
DB Cooper-43840
164A-SE-81
As the conversation continued, [REDACTED] offered to sell [REDACTED] some of the land for [REDACTED] an acre. [REDACTED] said that his closest neighbor in Oregon was 100 miles away and that [REDACTED] and his wife would be excellent neighbors.
[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that he was a former Marine with 25 years of service and two tours in Vietnam. [REDACTED] also told [REDACTED] that while in the Marine Corps he had made 200 parachute jumps. [REDACTED] stated that while watching the FOX television network locally one night, he observed the show featuring D.B. COOPER and believe [REDACTED] and COOPER were very similar. [REDACTED] also thought it strange that a man [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. Additionally, [REDACTED] thought [REDACTED] must have received a large settlement to afford all that land in Oregon.
[REDACTED] provided the enclosed sheet of paper that [REDACTED] wrote his address and phone number on to SA [REDACTED].
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Name: [REDACTED] Nickname: [REDACTED] Race: White Sex: Male Age: [REDACTED] years of age Height: 5'10" Weight: 150-160 pounds Hair: Brownish blonde Eyes: Possibly green Build: Small Complexion: Fair Scars Marks Tattoos: Possibly a [REDACTED]
Glasses: Wore prescription glasses Address: [REDACTED] Saint Michoud, Oregon [REDACTED] Telephone: [REDACTED]
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LEAD
PORTLAND DIVISION
AT ST. MICHOUD, OREGON
Should conduct appropriate investigation to determine if [REDACTED] is identical with subject of captioned matter.
Dallas Division considers this matter RUC.
Serials: 164A-SE-81