MemoFile copy of memo re Red Rooster Tavern lead (serial 164-81-4786)11 June 19731 page
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Part 113, page 102

DB Cooper-51593Serials SE 164-81

Document date 11 June 1973

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 6/11/73

SA [redacted] Sub 487

NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

RE: UNSUB; SUSPECT WITH THE INITIALS D.B. SOURCE: [redacted] SUB #487

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On 8/5/72, [redacted], Puyallup, Washington, Phone [redacted], advised by letter that he is [redacted] with the FAA. [redacted] stated he works in Auburn, Washington. After getting off work at 11:00 PM on the evening of 8/3/72 [redacted] and [redacted] stopped at the Red Rooster Tavern, 3244 Auburn Way South. [redacted] advised that while at the Red Rooster Tavern he talked with [redacted] [redacted] he thought he knew who D.B. COOPER was. [redacted] advised he knows an individual whose initials are D.B. and that he was living [redacted] for a long time. [redacted] advised he introduced D.B. [redacted] advised D.B. was just crazy enough to do something like hijack an airplane. D.B., according to [redacted] has done "some flying" and was a paratrooper in the armed services for a period of three years. [redacted] advised [redacted] that D.B. fits the description of D.B. COOPER and [redacted] who was with him at the Red Rooster Tavern agreed [redacted] Finally, [redacted] advised [redacted] that he had not seen D.B. for some time and thought he was living in Alaska.

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On 9/11/72, the records of the Seattle Police Department were checked and the following information was obtained concerning [redacted] Sub 487

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[stamp] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] JUN 11 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-51593