AirtelSAC Seattle to Director re Vertrees claim and request for polygraph examination30 September 1974page 1 of 3
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Part 117, page 207

DB Cooper-53673Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6321

Document date 30 September 1974

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9/30/74

AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) [redacted] SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

Re: UNSUB; [redacted] - INFORMANT [redacted]

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PLS INDEX THIS SF/[illegible] UNDER POLYGRAPH EXAM & FILE A COPY

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On 6/11/74, [redacted] [redacted] Washington, telephone [redacted] was interviewed in the presence of his attorney, BARBARA DURHAM, Room 615, Lyon Building, Seattle, Washington. [redacted] stated he had some information concerning the "D.B. COOPER" case.

[redacted] advised that sometime in late November, 1971, or early December, 1971, Seattle Attorney JOHN VERTREES, met him [redacted], Seattle, Washington, at approximately 10:30 PM, and requested that he [redacted] individual whom VERTREES identified as the perpetrator of the D.B. COOPER hijacking.

VERTREES made available a [redacted] [redacted]. VERTREES put [redacted] in the mailbox [redacted] because [redacted]

stated he made some calls in order to obtain help for the [redacted], but was unable to find anybody to help him. [redacted] advised he contacted VERTREES by phone at approximately 12:00 PM on the same night, and told him that he would not be able to do as he (VERTREES) had asked.

[redacted] advised that [redacted] provided by VERTREES was taken by LOU JOHNSON, a former baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, to Los Angeles and [redacted]

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3 - Bureau (2 - 164-2111) (1 - ATTN: FBI Laboratory - Polygraph Unit [redacted] (3) - Seattle (2 - 164-81) [redacted] (1 - [redacted] RNN:sra (6)

DB COOPER-53673 [redacted]

164-81-6321