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Part 108, page 31 DB Cooper-48994 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-3036
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Open in FBI Vault (Part 108, page 31 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 108 p. 31 (DB Cooper-48994), Memo, dated 14 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3036 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-108/pages/31
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
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TO :SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 4/14/72
FROM :SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR.
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 b6
a photograph of each individual listed below. This witness b7C
could not identify any of these suspects as being identical
with instant hijacker based solely on the provided photo.
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2 - 164-81
1 - 164-81
320 (JOE STAGGS)
78 (JOHN A. SCHMIDLIN)
341 (ROBERT HARRY BOLES)
277 (ANTHONY LAMBERT COLE)
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LMH:cmf
(19)
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164-81- [guess: 3036]
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-48994
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Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header.
Memo routing block: from SA Louis M. Harris Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated April 14, 1972, regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (the D.B. Cooper case).
A witness (name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions) viewed photographs of suspects on April 11, 1972 and could not identify any of them as the hijacker based on the provided photo.
List of four suspects shown to the witness, each with a reference number: Joe Staggs (320), John A. Schmidlin (78), Robert Harry Boles (341), and Anthony Lambert Cole (277). File distribution noted as 2 copies and 1 copy to 164-81.
Typist and dictator initials (LMH = Louis M. Harris; cmf = typist). Number 19 likely a page or copy count reference.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing the document was processed on May 4, 1972, with handwritten case number 164-81-3036.
Standard government form footer with savings bonds slogan, plus FBI Vault Bates stamp DB COOPER-48994.
Name of witness redacted with black box in body paragraph Handwritten case number at bottom partially legible b6/b7C FOIA exemption markings present on right margin Scan order ← p. 30 p. 32 →