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Part 100, page 222

DB Cooper-45170Serials MO 164-34, SE 164-81-1539

Document date 22 December 1971

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FD-36-(Rev. 5-22-64)

F B I

Date: 12/22/71

Transmit the following in __________ PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code)

Via _________ TELETYPE ____________ NITEL (Priority)

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TO : NEW ORLEANS FROM: MOBILE (164-34) [handwritten: Suzy 72]

NORJAK.

RE SEATTLE NITEL TO MOBILE DEC. TWELVE, SEVENTYONE.

REFERENCED NITEL INDICATED THAT ON DEC. ONE, SEVENTYONE, [REDACTED], RIVERTON, WYOMING, REPORTED DONALD E. TURNER IS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THE HIJACKING.

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ON DEC. TWENTYTWO, SEVENTYONE, DONALD E. TURNER WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE HOME OF HIS FATHER HENRY ELMORE TURNER, FIVE EIGHT COTTAGE COURT, MOBILE, ALABAMA. TURNER STATED HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A POWER PLANT ENGINEER ON NOV. SIXTEEN, SEVENTYONE, BY TELEDYNE MOVIABLE OFFSHORE, AN OFFSHORE DRILLING COMPANY IN NEW IBERIA, LA. HE ADVISED THAT ON NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, HE WAS WORKING ON AN OFFSHORE DRILLING RIG SIXTYFIVE MILES OFFSHORE, SOUTH OF INTERCOASTAL CITY, LA. HE SAID THAT HE LIVED ON THIS RIG FROM NOV. NINETEEN, SEVENTYONE, TO DEC. FOUR, SEVENTYONE, NOT RETURNING TO SHORE DURING THAT TIME.

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Approved: ________________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge

[handwritten near case number: Dub. 72] [stamp: 164-81-1539] [stamp: SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC [2?] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE] [printed: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971 / 413-135] [printed: DB COOPER-45170]