AirtelSAC Seattle to Director re NORJAK informant interview of 6/11/7430 September 19741 page
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Part 117, page 306

DB Cooper-53801Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81

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

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] [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 because [redacted] [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]

3 - Bureau (2 - 164-2111) (1 - ATTN: FBI Laboratory - Polygraph Unit [redacted] (3) - Seattle ([guess: 2-]164-81) [redacted] [guess: VA] - RNN:sra (6) DB COOPER-53801 164-81-63[guess: 21]