MemoTo SAC Seattle re Boeing file review of 727 air stair test personnel, with suspect list and Ashton interviews3 August 1972page 1 of 6
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Part 112, page 521

DB Cooper-51408Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3240

Document date 3 August 1972

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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: 8/3/72

FROM : SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C SUBJECT: NORJAK

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RE: THE BOEING FILE REVIEW Sub 4/F2 Re Seattle airtel to Bureau 6/1/72.

Referenced communication advised The Boeing Company had furnished the names of their employees who were involved in a test of the 727 air stairs, conducted in 1963-1964. The personnel files for those individuals were carefully reviewed by SA [REDACTED] in an attempt to eliminate all personnel b6 involved in testing, as possible suspects. This review was b7C completed on 7/25/72.

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The following is a list of Boeing personnel whose files were reviewed as well as pertinent descriptive data, concerning them, that would eliminate them as possible suspects or indicate further investigation is necessary.

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Name Descriptive Information

1. ROBERT FLETCHER BROWN DOB 5/28/23, hair sandy; missing left thumb; complexion not swarthy, eliminate

2. EMIL RICHARD CARROLL DOB 7/17/21, complexion not swarthy; has thick lips, facial features not similar to artists conception (FFNSTAC) eliminate [handwritten: Sub 4/82] [handwritten: /64-81-3240]

3. EARL V. CHESTER Not a Boeing employee. Employed by FAA. No descriptive info concerning CHESTER available at Boeing. Lead being set forth to contact FAA re CHESTER to eliminate him as possible suspect.

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SEARCHED SERIALIZED FILED [illegible date] FBI—SEATTLE

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