AirtelSAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City re NORJAK suspect William Franklin Crane and flying instructor lead26 June 1972page 1 of 3
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Part 111, page 287

DB Cooper-50680Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3627

Document date 26 June 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 287 (DB Cooper-50680), Airtel, dated 26 Jun 1972, serial SE 164-81-3627 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/287

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6/26/72

AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO : SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY

FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle

On June 26, 1972, [redacted] [redacted] Renton, Washington, provided the following infor- mation:

She is presently in the midst [redacted] [redacted] WILLIAM FRANKLIN CRANE. She went on to state that she and [redacted] approximately [redacted] During that period of time Mr. CRANE arrived home no later than 7 p.m. every night.

On November 24, 1971, the date of captioned incident, Mr. CRANE did not arrive home until 10 p.m. CRANE did not give [redacted] any explanation for his late arrival from work. CRANE remained at home on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1971, and left for work at his normal time on November 26, 1971. At approximately 7 p.m. on November 26, 1971, [redacted] received what she believes to be a long distance telephone call from [redacted] in which he stated that he would be home late because he had to pick up a friend at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

When Mr. CRANE finally arrived home on November 26, 1971, he had with him an individual named [redacted] (LNU). [redacted] [redacted] noticed that both [redacted] had large amounts of mud on their shoes and looked as if they had been involved in some type of physical activity. She is not certain what [redacted] was wearing, however, she believes that it was not a business suit. When [redacted] arrived they removed [redacted] luggage from [redacted] automobile

2 - Oklahoma City 2 - Seattle JTS:set (4)

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SUSP # 422

DB COOPER-50680 duo. 422 164-81-3627