Part 120, page 296
DB Cooper-55318Serials 164-2111, AX 164-72, RH 164-74, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7133
Document date 15 October 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 296 (DB Cooper-55318), Airtel, dated 15 Oct 1976, serial SE 164-81-7133 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/296
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FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Date: 10/15/76
Transmit the following in ______________________ (Type in plaintext or code)
Via ___AIRTEL______________________ (Precedence)
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: [handwritten illegible mark] SAC, ALEXANDRIA (164-72)(RUC)
NORJAK (OO:SEATTLE)
[handwritten: SUE?] Re: GRAHAM PALMER
[handwritten, right margin: "Sub 846"]
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[REDACTED BOX] [REDACTED BOX] Virginia, telephone [REDACTED BOX] (protect identity) advised that while in medical school at [REDACTED BOX] [REDACTED BOX] he became acquainted with an individual known to him as GRAHAM PALMER. [REDACTED BOX] indicated that he feels that PALMER may be identical with the subject of captioned case because he [REDACTED BOX] felt that PALMER had the right characteristics and qualifications for such a crime. He indicated that PALMER is physically capable of doing the strenuous things necessary in this type of a crime, had a personality disorder, had been a paratrooper during the Korean War, was a hunter and a marksman who may have worked in the State of Maine for either Remington or Winchester as a manufacturer's representative, spent some time as a guide in the Amazon jungle, skis well and is familiar with the Western states, having hunted in Colorado and resided in New Mexico.
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[REDACTED BOX] went on to state that he felt that PALMER would have been hard up for money at the time and further characterized him as a smooth, cool customer. He described PALMER physically as a white male approximately 6 feet tall, muscular, with crew cut or short cut sandy brown hair, a ruddy complexion, who wore glasses and was a chain smoker. [REDACTED BOX] indicated that [handwritten: Sub 846]
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164-81-7133
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[illegible stamped text, possibly "SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___"] [oval-circled handwritten mark, possibly "N"]
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2 - Bureau 2 - Richmond (164-74) (2) - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Alexandria AFH:dte (7)
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Approved: ________________________ Sent _______ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge
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GPO 1975 O - 5-- (partially illegible) DB COOPER-55318