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NR016 SE PLAIN
11:36 PM NITEL 1/14/72 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
NORJAK
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ON JANUARY FOURTEEN, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED] RADIO,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON [REDACTED]
ADVISED THAT UNKNOWN MALE TELEPHONED HIM THIS EVENING AND SAID
HE WAS D. B. COOPER AND WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. [REDACTED] TAPE-
RECORDED ENTIRE CONVERSATION, WHICH LASTED LESS THAN SIXTY
SECONDS, IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL ADVISED AFTER HE PARA-
CHUTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HE BROKE HIS ANKLE. HE WAS THEN
TAKEN OUT OF THE AREA BY A FRIEND, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS AN EX-
VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT, IN A CESSNA ONE FIFTY AIRPLANE. HE
SAID HE HAD THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WANTED TO MAKE
THIS STATEMENT FOR FBI'S BENEFIT. STATED WAS IN SEATTLE BUT WILL
BE MOVING FAST.
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