Part 100, page 339

Document date 24 April 1974

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 4-24-74 FROM : SAC, PHOENIX (164-100) (P) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SE Bufile: 164-2111 RE: EUGENE LEROY WATSON SUBJECT #87

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

Re Phoenix letter to Seattle, 2-22-74.

Enclosed for Seattle are two copies each of an FD-302 reflecting interview of EUGENE LEROY WATSON, an investigative insert reflecting investigation concerning [redacted - b6/b7C] and an investigative insert reflecting investigation concerning [redacted - b6/b7C]. Enclosed for Los Angeles are three copies of the FD-302 reflecting interview of WATSON for necessary background information.

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LEADS

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

AT SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

Will contact [redacted - b6/b7C], Newport Skyways, Orange County Airport, in an effort to verify that EUGENE LEROY WATSON was in fact transacting business with him on 11-24-71.

AT WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA

Will contact [redacted - b6/b7C] in an effort to verify his alibi that he had spent Thanksgiving Day, 1971, [redacted - b6/b7C] his father in Yucca Valley, California.

PHOENIX DIVISION

AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Will furnish Seattle with color photograph of WATSON when obtained.

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2 - Seattle (Encs. 6) 3 - Los Angeles (Encs. 3) 2 - Phoenix [preprinted footer: U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan] REL:dpm (7)

[Stamp]: SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED as FILED ___ APR 26 1974 FBI - SEATTLE

[Handwritten margin notation]: Sub 87 [Handwritten margin notation, right]: 164-81-6[illegible]25 [Handwritten left margin]: Q (circled)

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Standard US Government Memorandum header identifying sender as SAC Phoenix, recipient as SAC Seattle, dated April 24, 1974, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), Bureau file 164-2111, subject Eugene Leroy Watson designated Subject #87. Memo body transmitting FD-302 interview report of Eugene Leroy Watson along with investigative inserts (names redacted) to Seattle and Los Angeles divisions. Subject flagged as Armed and Dangerous. References prior Phoenix-to-Seattle letter of 2-22-74. Three investigative leads assigned: (1) Los Angeles to contact a redacted individual at Newport Skyways, Orange County Airport to verify Watson's business activity on November 24, 1971 (the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking); (2) Los Angeles to contact redacted individual in Whittier to verify Watson's alibi that he spent Thanksgiving 1971 with his father in Yucca Valley, CA; (3) Phoenix to provide Seattle with a color photograph of Watson. Distribution block showing copies sent to Seattle (2 copies, 6 enclosures), Los Angeles (3 copies, 3 enclosures), and Phoenix (2 copies). Initialed by REL:dpm. FBI Seattle processing stamp dated April 26, 1974. Handwritten subject number annotation 'Sub 87' and a serialization number notation in margin.

Document is largely legible with some minor aging/scan artifacts
Multiple redaction boxes present (b6, b7C FOIA exemptions) obscuring names
Preprinted savings bond footer partially overlaps distribution line
Stamp ink slightly bleed but readable
Handwritten annotations visible on right margin and left margin

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