MemoSAC Seattle re CHANGED NORJAK, interview of David Sturges Cooper, Subject #7386 November 1975page 1 of 3
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Part 117, page 433

DB Cooper-53970Serials SE 164-81

Document date 6 November 1975

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 11/6/75

SA [redacted] b6 b7C

CHANGED NORJAK

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RE: DAVID STURGES COOPER SUBJECT #738

Title marked changed to reflect correct middle name of subject #738 as being STURGES rather than as previously reported STUGES.

Re Seattle memo of SA [redacted] 9/26/75. b6 b7C

On 10/30/75, DAVID STURGES COOPER, [redacted] Yelm, Washington, was advised of the identity of SA [redacted], FBI, and upon being advised of this agent's identity, COOPER stated he was not D.B. COOPER. He added that he had spoken of the Northwest Orient Airlines hijacking with [redacted] Yelm, Washington, and they had joked about his name being similar to that of the hijacker.

Mr. COOPER stated that he was a retired U.S. Army Colonel, receiving a pension in excess of $1400 a month. He added that he was last stationed at Madigan Hospital and explained that he had been a doctor in the Army. He further advised that he served in the Special Forces in the Republic of Viet Nam and Laos during the early 1960's and he has been trained as a parachutist, as well as receiving flight training and also attaining the title of Flight Surgeon.

He stated that he retired about the first of July, 1970, and immediately thereafter travelled to Korea where [redacted], at Seoul, Korea. He b6 b7C

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