AirtelSAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, Elmendorf AFB parachutists interviewed14 February 19721 page
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Part 108, page 66

DB Cooper-49038Serials AN 164-59, SE 164-81

Document date 14 February 1972

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 2/14/72

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL (Priority)

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, ANCHORAGE (164-59)(P)

SUBJ: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

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CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.

On 2/11/72 Lieutenant Colonel [REDACTED] Commander; Master Sergeant [REDACTED] and Parachutist; Staff Sergeant [REDACTED] Parachutist; all of the [REDACTED] Elmendorf Air Force Base, and Technical Sergeant [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Elmendorf, and [REDACTED] at the [REDACTED] at Sted Air Force Base near Reno (deactivated), furnished the following information:

They advised that when they heard about the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 301 of 11/24/71 it was their opinion that based on the approximate area where the Subject jumped from the aircraft he must have been a survival specialist. They felt that it was a good possibility that this individual may have been an instructor at the Survival School, which was formerly at Sted Air Force Base near Reno, but this Air Force Base has been deactivated and the Survival School was moved to Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane. They based their beliefs on the fact that a Survival Instructor would know this area like the "back of his hand" and hence would be able to make his way out of this area without too much trouble. They all observed the artist's conception of

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(2)- Seattle 2 - Las Vegas 2 - Portland 2 - Anchorage RHT-gal (8)

Approved: [signature] Sent __________ M Special Agent in Charge

SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ FEB 1 6 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-49038 F-413-139