Part 113, page 195

DB Cooper-51724Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3772

Document date 6 October 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 195 (DB Cooper-51724), Memo, dated 6 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3772 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/195

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 10/6/72

SA [REDACTED]

NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

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Sub S/3 FD-302's placed in S13 Sub

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RE: UNSUB SEEN WALKING OUT OF THE WOODS ON LEWIS ROAD 11/24/71

Enclosed is one copy each of two FD-302's reflecting interviews with HAROLD BABITZKE and [REDACTED]

As part of the Seattle file review currently being conducted by SA [REDACTED] the following information was uncovered:

Serials 2967 and 2968 are FD-302s dated 4/10/72 and 4/11/72, reflecting interviews with HAROLD BABITZKE and [REDACTED]. Essentially, both persons describe an unknown white male they saw walking on the Lewis River Road traveling west at about 11:30 p.m. on 11/24/71. The man was just west of the Frederickson Road junction and on the north side of Lewis Road. [REDACTED] advised that for several years she has lived in the Vancouver area and that this was the first time she had seen anyone on Lewis River Road after dark.

A follow-up on this information could not be found in the file.

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LEADS:

SEATTLE At Vancouver, Washington

Will locate the spot [REDACTED] claims she saw this individual and determine the telephone numbers of any pay telephones within walking distance of this spot.

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RMN:md (3)

SEARCHED_____ INDEXED_____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ OCT 6 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

DB COOPER-51724

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Sub S/3 164-81-3772

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Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 10/6/72, from a redacted Special Agent, case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten routing/filing annotations indicating the FD-302s were placed in Sub S/3 (or S13). Memo body describing two FD-302 interview reports (Serials 2967 and 2968) with Harold Babitzke and a redacted individual. Both witnesses saw an unknown white male walking west on Lewis River Road near the Frederickson Road junction at about 11:30 p.m. on 11/24/71 (the night of the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The redacted female witness noted she had lived in the Vancouver area for years and had never before seen anyone on Lewis River Road after dark. No follow-up on this lead was found in the file. Leads section directing the Seattle field office at Vancouver, Washington to locate the exact spot where the witness saw the unknown male and identify pay telephone numbers within walking distance of that spot. Administrative footer showing the memo was prepared by agent initials RMN with typist md, 3 copies. Filing stamps indicate the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed at FBI-Seattle on October 6, 1972. Document tracking number DB COOPER-51724. Handwritten filing annotation showing sub-file designation and serial number 164-81-3772.

Several redacted (blacked out) portions marked b6/b7C for privacy
Handwritten annotations in upper right and lower right
Clear typewritten text throughout

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