Part 103, page 272

DB Cooper-46727Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81

Document date 24 March 1972

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3/24/72

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AIRTEL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)(P) RE: NORJAK OO: Seattle

Re Seattle airtel 3/16/72.

RE: [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED], Nevada, advised on 3/21/72, that [REDACTED] was employed [REDACTED] for approximately one month to six weeks having departed about one and one half weeks ago allegedly for Oregon. [REDACTED] indicated that he had spent most of his life employed as [REDACTED] and being employed as an instructor [REDACTED] throughout the U.S.

[REDACTED] explained that he initially met [REDACTED] approximately one year ago and was favorably impressed with him and particularly sympathetic to the fact that [REDACTED] had approximately [REDACTED] and he was in need of employment. Consequently when BASHFORD returned in early January [REDACTED] provided him with employment [REDACTED]

residence at [REDACTED] for the entire period of his six weeks employment at the [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated that from conversation [REDACTED] had with him he indicated employment [REDACTED] during the period of November of 1971. He [REDACTED]

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(2) - Seattle 1 - Las Vegas HEH:bsh (3)

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164-81- [illegible] SEARCHED.......INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] MAR 28 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-46727

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b6 b7C

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Date of the AIRTEL memo. AIRTEL routing header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Seattle airtel dated 3/16/72. The subject line after RE: is fully redacted. An individual in Nevada advised the FBI on 3/21/72 about a person (name redacted) who had been employed for approximately one month to six weeks before departing for Oregon roughly one and a half weeks prior. The subject had spent most of his life as an instructor throughout the U.S. A person named BASHFORD was provided employment and residence when he returned in early January after being met approximately one year earlier. The informant noted that from conversations, the subject indicated employment during November 1971. Distribution line and typist initials. Two copies to Seattle, one to Las Vegas, typist initials HEH:bsh, three total copies. FBI Seattle office processing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on March 28, 1972, under case number 164-81. DB Cooper case identification number stamped at bottom of page. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy) annotated in the right margin to justify the redactions throughout the document.

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b6 and b7C FOIA exemption codes noted in right margin
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