Part 100, page 401

DB Cooper-45364Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-236

Document date 28 February 1972

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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: 2/28/72

FROM : SA [REDACTED b6/b7C]

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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On 2/8/72 witness CORD SPRECKEL, 624 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, telephone 623-2984 was displayed photographs of the following suspects. SPRECKEL stated that in his opinion based on his observation of the subject during the hijacking he could positively eliminate the following persons as suspects in this matter:

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WILLIAM JOHNSON LOUDERBACK MASON (Sub [strikethrough: 192] [handwritten: 304]) [REDACTED b6/b7C]

DONALD ALLEN BRENNEN [REDACTED b6/b7C] 31 [REDACTED BLOCK b6/b7C]

LAWRENCE ALLISON HOBART [REDACTED b6/b7C] 279 CHARLES A. WHITAKER [REDACTED b6/b7C] 263 [REDACTED b6/b7C]

JOSEPH ROYCE STAGG (Sub [guess: #]) 320 [REDACTED BLOCK b6/b7C]

LAWRENCE LYSTER KENNEDY [REDACTED b6/b7C]

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Sub.93 164-81-23[6][1] SEARCHED....INDEXED.... SERIALIZED....FILED.... FEB [3?] [1]972 FBI — SEATTLE [initialed: illegible]

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DBJ:jlb [illegible] [illegible] 27

[Form number: 5010-108] Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

DB COOPER-45364

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Standard United States Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, file number 164-81, dated February 28, 1972. From a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). Witness Cord Spreckel of Seattle was shown photographs of suspects on 2/8/72. Based on his observations during the hijacking, Spreckel stated he could positively eliminate the listed individuals as suspects. List of seven named suspects whom witness Cord Spreckel could positively eliminate from consideration in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Each entry includes a name, redacted personal identifying information, and a sub-file number. The sub number for William Johnson Louderback Mason was corrected in handwriting from 192 to 304. Sub numbers visible: Mason=304, Brennen=31, Hobart=279, Whitaker=263, Stagg=320. FBI Seattle filing and routing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. File reference 164-81 with sub-serial notation. Dated approximately February 1972. Typist initials DBJ:jlb with a page or copy count of 27. Standard government form footer with savings bond promotion. Document archive reference DB COOPER-45364 stamped at bottom right.

Document is well-preserved and largely legible.
Multiple redaction blocks present (b6/b7C exemptions) obscuring personal identifying information for suspects and the FROM field.
Some handwritten annotations overlay typed text (sub numbers corrected in ink).
Stamp text in lower right partially legible.

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