Part 120, page 127

DB Cooper-55130Serials DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-9130

Document date 8 October 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 127 (DB Cooper-55130), Airtel, dated 8 Oct 1976, serial SE 164-81-9130 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/127

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10/8/76

AIRTEL AIRMAIL, REGISTERED

TO: SAC, HOUSTON

FROM: SAC, DENVER (164-98) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO: SEATTLE)

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Re Denver airtel to Seattle, dated 9/23/76.

Enclosed for Houston is one copy of referenced airtel.

On 10/6/76, [redacted - b6/b7c], Certified Welding Corporation, West of Cheyenne, Wyoming, advised she could locate no record of employment during 1971 or 1972 for JAMES CLARK, DOB 6/29/32, SSAN 315-28-6472. [redacted - b6/b7c] stated in 1972 Certified Welding merged with Certified Peerless who currently have all the employment records for that year. Certified Peerless Corporation is dba Pona Corporation and their address is #8 Chelsea Place, Box 8217, Houston, Texas.

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LEADS:

THE HOUSTON DIVISION

AT HOUSTON, TEXAS: Cover lead set for Denver at Cheyenne in referenced airtel.

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2 - Houston (Encs. 1) (AM, RM) (2) - Seattle (164-81) (AM, RM) 2 - Denver GRB:mfw (6)

[handwritten, right side]: [guess: Sub 829] 164-81-9130

[stamp box]: SEARCHED____ INDEXED____ SERIALIZED____ FILED____ [illegible date, possibly OCT 1976] TITLE

[handwritten, lower left, partially illegible]: N/T 1/8/?

DB COOPER-55130

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FBI Airtel header identifying this as a communication from the Denver Field Office to the Houston Field Office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Office of Origin Seattle. Body of the Airtel: Denver references a prior airtel to Seattle and states an unnamed (redacted) individual at Certified Welding Corporation near Cheyenne, Wyoming, could find no employment records for James Clark for 1971-1972; another redacted individual noted the company merged with Certified Peerless Corporation (dba Pona Corporation), located in Houston, Texas, which now holds those records. Leads section assigning the Houston Division to provide a cover lead for Denver's investigation in Cheyenne referenced in the earlier airtel. Distribution/routing footer listing copies sent to Houston, Seattle (file 164-81), and Denver, with typist initials, a records stamp (searched/indexed/serialized/filed), handwritten file number annotation, and the collection Bates number DB COOPER-55130.

Typed body text is clear and legible.
Handwritten annotations (e.g., 'Sub 829', '164-81-9130') are cursive and partially difficult to read with certainty.
Bottom stamp box text is small and partially smudged/illegible, especially the date line.
Two name/identifier fields are redacted with 'b6' and 'b7c' FOIA exemption codes.

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