Part 120, page 397

DB Cooper-55433Serials 164-2111, AX 164-72, HN 164-85, LA 164-497, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7420, WF 164-169

Document date 19 March 1977

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 397 (DB Cooper-55433), Teletype, dated 19 Mar 1977, serial SE 164-81-7420 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/397

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LA0027 0780430Z [uncertain characters] RR HQ AX HI KC LV PD SE WF DE LA R 190430Z MAR 77

FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (13) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE ALEXANDRIA (164-72) ROUTINE HONOLULU (164-85) ROUTINE KANSAS CITY ROUTINE LAS VEGAS (164-60) ROUTINE PORTLAND (164-41) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) ROUTINE BT CLEAR MORJAK [guess: NORJAK], OO: SEATTLE.

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[REDACTED BOX] b6 b7C b7D

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RE LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO BUREAU, JANUARY 24, 1977, WASHINGTON FIELD AIRTEL TO BUREAU, MARCH 2, 1977, AND HONOLULU AIRTEL TO BUFFALO, MARCH 10, 1977.

RE: UNSUB; [REDACTED], SOURCE, [REDACTED]

FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES, CLAIR [handwritten above: "CLAY"] BLAIR, MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, HAS VOLUNTEERED INFORMATION CONCERNING SUSPECT JACK BRYANT COFFELT DURING EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW AT LOS ANGELES.

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[REDACTED BOX] b6 b7C b7D

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164-81-7420 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED MAR 18 1977

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DB COOPER-55433

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Standard FBI teletype transmission header with routing codes, sender (Los Angeles field office), and distribution list of receiving offices (Director/FBIHQ, Alexandria, Honolulu, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Portland, Seattle, Washington Field), all marked ROUTINE precedence. Office of Origin is Seattle, referencing the case codeword transcribed as 'MORJAK' (possibly a misreading of the known FBI codename 'NORJAK' used for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). A blank white redaction box with adjacent FOIA exemption codes (b)(6), (b)(7)(C), and (b)(7)(D), indicating personal/privacy-related information withheld from release. The teletype references three prior airtels (LA to Bureau Jan 24 1977; Washington Field to Bureau Mar 2 1977; Honolulu to Buffalo Mar 10 1977) concerning an unidentified subject and a redacted source. It then states that an individual named Clair (or possibly Clay, per a handwritten correction) Blair of Malibu, California, volunteered information about suspect Jack Bryant Coffelt during an extensive interview conducted in Los Angeles. A second blank redaction box with the same FOIA exemption codes, likely corresponding to the redacted 'UNSUB' and 'SOURCE' identifiers referenced in the body text. FBI file-processing stamp showing a case serial number and standard 'Searched/Indexed/Serialized/Filed' routing checkboxes with initials, dated March 18, 1977. Archival page identifier/label, likely added during FBI Vault digitization, marking this as page 55433 of the D.B. Cooper case file collection.

Typed teletype body text is mostly clear and legible.
First transmission header line (routing/precedence code) has garbled or overstruck characters, likely teletype paper artifacts or OCR noise.
Bottom-right file stamp is small, faint, and partially cursive/handwritten, making some characters uncertain.
Two solid black circular dots near the top of the page appear to be reproduction/scanning artifacts (e.g., punch holes or ink marks), not content.
Small handwritten annotation near the word 'CLAIR' is present and only partially certain.

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