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Part 108, page 67 DB Cooper-49041 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-18 , SE 164-81-271 , SE 164-81-3036 , SE 164-81-320 , SE 164-81-343
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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.
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)
18 (JOHN A. SCHMIDLIN)
343 (ROBERT HARRY BOLES)
271 (ANTHONY LAMBERT COLE)
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LMH:cmf
(19)
[handwritten] Sub. 345
164-81-[guess: 3036]
SEARCHED_____ INDEXED_____
SERIALIZED_____ FILED_____
MAY 4 1972
FBI—SEATTLE
[initials/signature]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-49041
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Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper case), from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated April 14, 1972.
A witness (name redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C) viewed photographs of four suspects on April 11, 1972, and could not identify any of them as the hijacker based on the photos provided.
Table listing four suspects by sub-file number under case 164-81: Joe Staggs (sub 320), John A. Schmidlin (sub 18), Robert Harry Boles (sub 343), and Anthony Lambert Cole (sub 271). These are the individuals whose photographs were shown to the witness.
Typist initials (LMH:cmf), page count (19), FBI filing stamp dated May 4, 1972 from FBI-Seattle with handwritten sub-file reference, and standard government footer with Bates stamp DB COOPER-49041.
One redacted/blacked-out name in the body text Margin annotations b6 and b7C are FOIA exemption codes Handwritten notations at bottom right are slightly difficult to read Scan order ← p. 66 p. 68 →