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Part 108, page 159 DB Cooper-49186 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81
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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: 4/14/72
FROM : SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR.
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SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
OO: SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
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On April 11, 1972, [REDACTED] observed
a photograph of each individual listed below. This witness
could not identify any of these suspects as being identical
with instant hijacker based solely on the provided photo.
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1 - 164-81
320 (JOE STAGGS)
[REDACTED]
18 (JOHN A. SCHMIDLIN)
[REDACTED]
345 (ROBERT HARRY BOLES)
[REDACTED]
277 (ANTHONY LAMBERT COLE)
[REDACTED]
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LMH:cmf
(19)
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[guess: sub].354
164-81-[guess: 3026]
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SEARCHED_____ INDEXED_____
SERIALIZED_____ FILED_____
MAY 4 1972
FBI—SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-49186
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b6
b7C
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Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated April 14, 1972.
Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Unknown Subject, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971. Classification as hijacking and extortion. Office of Origin is Seattle; Bureau file number 164-2111.
A witness (name redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions) viewed photographs of four suspects on April 11, 1972 and was unable to identify any of them as the hijacker. The suspects listed with their sub-file numbers are: Joe Staggs (320), John A. Schmidlin (18), Robert Harry Boles (345), and Anthony Lambert Cole (277). Redaction bars cover the witness's name and additional sub-file information.
Typist and dictator initials: LMH (Louis M. Harris) dictated, cmf typed. Number (19) likely indicates copies or page count.
Handwritten file routing or sub-file notation, partially illegible.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated May 4, 1972, with standard indexing/serialization fields.
Standard government form footer with savings bonds slogan and Bates-stamp page identifier DB COOPER-49186.
FOIA exemption codes marked in the margin indicating redactions are pursuant to Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement personal information (b7C) exemptions.
Clear typewritten text Multiple redaction bars obscuring witness name and sub-file numbers Marginal FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C visible at right edge Some handwritten annotations at bottom Scan order ← p. 158 p. 160 →