AirtelSAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Patrick Joseph Collins26 November 1974page 1 of 3
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Part 117, page 420

DB Cooper-53957Serials DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6353, SF 164-220, SU 164-24

Document date 26 November 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 117 p. 420 (DB Cooper-53957), Airtel, dated 26 Nov 1974, serial SE 164-81-6353 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-117/pages/420

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11/26/74

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Sub 73 [guess: 4]

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AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-24) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO: SEATTLE)

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Re: Suspect PATRICK JOSEPH COLLINS

On the evening of 11/22/74, COLLINS telephonically contacted the Salt Lake City Office of the FBI at 8:40 p.m. and was subsequently connected telephonically with SA RICHARD W. HEAD.

It was obvious that COLLINS was intoxicated; however, he related that he had been a smoke jumper at Missoula, Montana, working for the Johnson Flying Service and that he was in fact D. B. COOPER. COLLINS initially stated that he was D. C. COOPER.

COLLINS was questioned extensively as to the sequence of events regarding captioned skyjacking and he was not correct in all respects as to known information regarding captioned skyjacking in that he indicated he boarded the hijacked aircraft at Seattle and obtained the money at Portland.

COLLINS did state however, he utilized two parachutes in jumping and buried the money at an area ten miles south of

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2 - Seattle 2 - Denver (164-98) 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 2 - Salt Lake City

RWH:pjp (8)

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Sub 73 [guess: 4] 164-81-[guess: 6353]

SEARCHED ____ INDEXED ____ SERIALIZED ____ FILED ____ NOV 29 1974 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-53957