Part 102, page 15

DB Cooper-45952Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81-638

Document date 30 November 1971

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11/30/71

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AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)

UNSUB, aka NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND 11/24/71 HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE

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(circled number: 97) A

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Enclosed for Seattle are two photographs of EDWIN B. COWAN taken in 1962, no copies of which are being retained at Las Vegas and two photographs of COWAN taken in 1969, obtained from the Las Vegas Police Department.

[REDACTED] who advised her true legal name is [REDACTED], residing at [REDACTED], [REDACTED] Las Vegas, Nevada, employed by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised on 11/29/71, that she strongly believed the artist's conception of the unknown hijacker, witnessed on the "Today Show" on N.B.C., strongly resembles [REDACTED] EDWIN B. COWAN.

[REDACTED] stated she was not paying particular attention to the program; had a glimpse only of the photograph but was attracted to the mouth of the artist's conception as well as the ears and general facial characteristics.

[REDACTED] stated that she initially met [REDACTED] in Seattle, Washington in [REDACTED]

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(2)- Seattle (Enc.4) 1 - Las Vegas HEH:jr (3)

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Sub./42

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164-81-638 [guess: SEARCHED] [guess: INDEXED] [guess: M] UFC 0 1271 [illegible] : [illegible] DB COOPER-45952

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Date of the document. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. File number 164-60. A routing or classification stamp showing a circled number 97 with the letter A beneath it. Body of the AIRTEL describing a female informant in Las Vegas who, after seeing an artist's conception of the NORJAK hijacker on NBC's Today Show on 11/29/71, reported that the sketch strongly resembled EDWIN B. COWAN. She noted the mouth, ears, and general facial characteristics. Photographs of COWAN from 1962 and 1969 are enclosed. She stated she initially met COWAN in Seattle, Washington. Multiple redactions protect the informant's identity under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions. Distribution and typist notation. Two copies to Seattle with four enclosures, one copy to Las Vegas. Typed by HEH:jr, total three copies. A handwritten or typed notation indicating a sub-file number 42. FBI filing stamps and search/index notations at the bottom of the page, including file number 164-81-638, a UFC date code, and the DB Cooper collection number 45952.

Several redacted (blacked-out) blocks throughout the document
Right margin contains b6, b7C, b7D exemption codes
Stamp/notation at bottom right is slightly smudged but mostly legible

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