Part 119, page 365

DB Cooper-54921Serials 164-2111, LA 164-497, OC 164-56, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6990

Document date 10 June 1976

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO : ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) DATE: 6/10/76

FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE Bufile: 164-2111

Re: JOHN RICHARD MERIT SUB NO. 811

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Re Kansas City letter to Seattle dated 4/16/76.

Enclosed for Los Angeles is one copy of an insert reflecting investigation at the Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

For the information of Los Angeles, MERIT is being considered a suspect in captioned matter because [redacted] [redacted] (protect), advised MERIT approached him with a plan to hijack an airplane ransoming 70 to 80 passengers for a substantial amount of money.

[redacted] stated that he arrived at [redacted] and at the time he arrived, MERIT [redacted] stated MERIT was [redacted] sometime in 1971.

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LEADS:

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

At Long Beach, California

Will locate and interview MERIT's mother, AGNES

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3 - Los Angeles (Encl - 1) 1 - Oklahoma City (164-56) (Info) 1 - Seattle RNN/tcs (7)

[handwritten initials/signature, illegible]

[handwritten] Sub 811 [handwritten] 164-81-6990

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

DB COOPER-54921

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Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC, Seattle), recipient (ADIC, Los Angeles), date, and subject: the NORJAK (Norjak/D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject John Richard Merit, Sub No. 811. Body of the memo explains that Merit is a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case because a redacted, protected source stated Merit had approached him with a plan to hijack an airplane and ransom 70-80 passengers; additional redacted details reference an arrival and a 1971 timeframe. Investigative lead instructing the Los Angeles Division to locate and interview Merit's mother, Agnes, in Long Beach, California. The mother's surname is cut off at the bottom of the visible text. Routing/copy distribution footer listing copies sent to Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and Seattle field offices, typist initials, a small illustrated icon, handwritten case reference numbers, and a standard government form footer with a Bates/production stamp reading 'DB COOPER-54921'.

Typed body text is clear and fully legible.
Several passages are blacked out/boxed with FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D) marked in the right margin, obscuring identity of a source and specific details.
Handwritten annotations at bottom left (routing initials/signature) and bottom right (case number) are less legible than typed text.
Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page appear to be stray marks or artifacts rather than content.

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