Part 119, page 26
DB Cooper-54505Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6599
Document date 16 July 1975
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 26 (DB Cooper-54505), Airtel, dated 16 Jul 1975, serial SE 164-81-6599 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/26
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[illegible stamp/handwriting, partially cut off] ...5-22-...
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F B I Date: 7-16-75
Transmit the following in ___________ PLAIN (Type in plaintext or code)
via _______ AIRTEL _______ AIRMAIL (Priority)
TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) SUBJECT: NORJAK
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Sub 772 [guess: unsub: Small - used in plane Hijacking]
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On 7/15/75, [REDACTED], Northwest Airlines (NWA), Office telephone 433-3607, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, said he received a call during the night hours of 7/14-15/75 from a former high school acquaintance, [REDACTED] of Albany, Oregon, who, obviously intoxicated and in a rambling story said he was in trouble which involved NWA. He wanted [REDACTED] to help if he could and then related that he had found a parachute which might be involved in the hijacking of NWA plane in November, 1971. He also intimated that they might know where the money was hidden.
[REDACTED] has not seen [REDACTED] for at least seven years but they had been good friends, both being pilots. [REDACTED] is in business with [REDACTED] as crop dusters in Albany.
At 8:00 AM, 7/15/75, [REDACTED] received another call, this time from [REDACTED] who explained, also in a rather confused way, that [REDACTED] are in difficulty, having been accused of stealing an airplane. [REDACTED] then explained that they had paid $15,000 down for the plane which had been at Vancouver, Washington and in need of repairs. It never was made clear to [REDACTED] if the plane was still in Vancouver or had been taken to Oregon or elsewhere. [REDACTED], in some way, inferred that the plane was connected with the NWA hijacking. [REDACTED] that he had found the parachute "on his property" (not making it clear whether a personal farm or the property of the business) while using machinery to plow. The number
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2-Portland 2-Seattle CEF:ldk
[handwritten] Sub 772 164-81-6599
DB COOPER-54505
Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge GPO : 1970 O - 402-735