MemoSAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle re Howard Eugene Shirley, enclosing job application20 February 1975page 1 of 2
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Part 118, page 178

DB Cooper-54264Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SU 164-24

Document date 20 February 1975

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 2/20/75

SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-24) (RUC)

NORJAK (00: SE)

Re: HOWARD EUGENE SHIRLEY suspect.

Enclosed for Seattle and Portland Divisions is photocopy of application and resume of HOWARD EUGENE SHIRLEY.

[redacted] advised on 2/3/75 that he was furnishing the information set forth below on a confidential basis. He stated he considered captioned suspect as being possibly responsible for instant violation. He stated he had known SHIRLEY as [redacted] driving trucks for Chemetron, Orem, Utah, from [redacted] SHIRLEY told him he had been a survival instructor for the U. S. Air Force and he had previously lived at Klamath Falls, Oregon, but later he had lived at Eugene, Oregon. He advised he suspects SHIRLEY in instant matter because SHIRLEY liked to hunt, liked the mountains, and had training in pursuit work in the military, was from Oregon, had done parachute jumping, was very intelligent, although he has not attended college, was adventursome and had made the statement he was going to make it "big" one of these days. He stated he had no further reasons for suspecting SHIRLEY.

[redacted] Chemetron Corporation, Geneva Road, Orem, Utah, advised on 2/14/75 as follows:

HOWARD EUGENE SHIRLEY, who was born 5/17/28, and graduated from high school in Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1946, was employed as a truck driver for the above-named company from July 23, 1973 until October 25, 1974, when he voluntarily [text continues on next page]

2 - Seattle (Enc. 2) 2 - Portland (164-41) (Enc. 2) 1 - Salt Lake City LJS:gjm (5)

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[partially legible case/serial number, e.g. 164-81-6...] SEARCHED ____ INDEXED ____ SERIALIZED ____ FILED ____ FEB 24 1975 [illegible office initials/signature]

DB COOPER-54264