Part 120, page 357

DB Cooper-55388Serials LA 164-497, SD 164-91

Document date 15 November 1976

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FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date: 11/15/76

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

AIRTEL AIR MAIL Via _______________ (Precedence)

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-91) FROM: ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) RE: NORJAK OO: Seattle

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On 11/5/76, [redacted], Encino Law Center, Penthouse 1, 15915 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, California, telephone [redacted] telephonically contacted the Los Angeles Office of the FBI and related as follows:

He represents a client who [redacted] affiliated with a motion picture studio preparing a motion picture to be released in the near future. [redacted] made reference to a hypothetical situation concerning a crime which occurred about five years ago, was very newsworthy, and on which the Statute of Limitations would run in about three weeks. He stated his client was concerned with the criminal liability of himself, the studio, and the screen writer who wrote the story on which the picture is based. This screen writer alleges the story is based on conversations which he had with the perpetrator of the crime after the crime was committed. [redacted] stated he did not know the validity of the information furnished to him by his client, [redacted] who has asked that he, [redacted] attempt to obtain some type of written immunization to protect himself, the studio, and the screen writer from prosecution upon release of the motion picture. [redacted] stated he believes the screen writer would voluntarily come forth, identify himself,

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2 Seattle 2 - Los Angeles

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[handwritten/stamped, partially illegible]: Copy furnished [illegible] 1/3/77 [illegible] / [illegible]-7184

Approved: [illegible signature] Sent: ___ M Per: ___ Special Agent in Charge

GPO 1965 O - 992

DB COOPER-55388

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Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1976. Routing block identifying the memo as sent from the FBI Los Angeles office (Acting Director in Charge) to the Seattle Special Agent in Charge, referencing case NORJAK with Office of Origin Seattle. An attorney at the Encino Law Center telephoned the FBI's Los Angeles office to report that a client tied to a motion picture studio, preparing a film about a crime from roughly five years earlier (implicitly the 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking, referenced elsewhere in the file as NORJAK), sought legal immunity for himself, the studio, and a screenwriter. The screenwriter reportedly claims to have spoken with the perpetrator after the crime and might voluntarily come forward as the Statute of Limitations neared expiration. Distribution/routing notations (copies to Seattle and Los Angeles), a handwritten date stamp referencing 1/3/77, an illegible approving signature line for the Special Agent in Charge, and the FBI Vault archival page stamp DB COOPER-55388.

Several fields are covered by opaque redaction boxes (names, phone number, affiliations) consistent with FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D marked in right margin.
Handwritten annotations near bottom (routing slip, date stamp, and signature) are partially illegible.
Two black circular redaction dots near top of form obscure unknown content.

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