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Part 113, page 161 DB Cooper-51665 Serials SE 164-101 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-3829
Document date 17 May 1972 AI Dates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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Open in FBI Vault (Part 113, page 161 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 161 (DB Cooper-51665), Memo, dated 17 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3829 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/161
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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: 5/17/72
FROM : SA CHARLES E. FARRELL
SUBJECT: NORJAK
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On 5/11/72, [REDACTED] viewed the following listed
photographs and advised that, in his opinion, none resembled
the hijacker.
Artist sketch of the UNSUB, aka George Ames,
hijacker of EAL plane, 5/5/72, who bailed out over
Honduras (SE 164-101);
[REDACTED] Sub file [REDACTED]
GEORGE E. CATHEY, Sub file 381;
BILLIE LEE MC GILL, Sub file 392.
CEF:klb
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[guess: RUMATTS]
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b6
b7C
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Sub 494
164-81- [guess: 3829]
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___
SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___
[illegible] 1972
FBI—SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
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DB COOPER-51665
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Standard United States Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated May 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81).
On May 11, 1972, a redacted individual reviewed photographs of suspects and an artist sketch related to the UNSUB aka George Ames (hijacker of an Eastern Air Lines plane on 5/5/72 who bailed out over Honduras). The individual stated none of the photos resembled the NORJAK hijacker. Photographs reviewed included those of George E. Cathey (sub file 381) and Billie Lee Mc Gill (sub file 392), plus at least one other redacted individual.
Large handwritten annotation across the center of the page, possibly a routing notation or administrative mark. Difficult to read with certainty.
FOIA exemption codes stamped or typed in the right margin indicating redactions were made under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement source protection (b7C).
Handwritten sub-file notation (Sub 494) and serial number, plus a standard FBI Seattle filing stamp with fields for searched, indexed, serialized, and filed dates in 1972.
Standard printed footer on U.S. Government forms encouraging purchase of savings bonds.
Bates-style page identifier stamp from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper document release.
Several redacted (blacked-out) blocks obscure names/identifiers Handwritten annotations in margins and body are partially legible Right-margin FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C) present Bottom stamp partially legible Scan order ← p. 160 p. 162 →