Part 120, page 83

DB Cooper-55080Serials 164-2111, 164-77, NY 164-627, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-9021

Document date 23 July 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 83 (DB Cooper-55080), Airtel, dated 23 Jul 1976, serial SE 164-81-9021 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/83

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7/23/76

AIRTEL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) [REDACTED BOX]

FROM: SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-77) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SE

Re: NH airtels to Bureau, 6/22 and 6/25/76. NH airtel to Bureau, 7/14/76.

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Enclosed for New York is one copy each of reairtels.

Enclosures contain background information regarding [REDACTED] who has been named as a suspect in this matter.

It is being left to the discretion of Seattle to have [REDACTED] photo shown to appropriate witnesses. [handwritten annotation: "// NO"]

LEAD:

NEW YORK

At Queens, New York

Discreetly contact [REDACTED], JFK Airport, or in his absence, [REDACTED], EAL, La Guardia Airport, obtain description and information regarding [REDACTED] work record, salary, and other background information which would tend to eliminate him or develop him as a suspect in this case. It would

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2-Bureau 2-New York (164-627) (Encs. 3) (2)-Seattle (164-81) 2-New Haven RGO/pat (8)

[handwritten, diagonal, near distribution list: "RETURN WITH SUB FILE" and a partial handwritten notation resembling "8.15" with an additional mark below]

[stamp box, partially smudged]: 164-81-[illegible digits, possibly "9021"] SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ JUL 26 1976 SEATTLE

DB COOPER-55080

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Header of an FBI airtel dated 7/23/76 from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), New Haven field office to the FBI Director, regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as Office of Origin (OO: SE). References prior airtels dated 6/22/76, 6/25/76, and 7/14/76. Body of the airtel: New Haven forwards copies of prior airtels to New York; enclosures contain background information on a redacted individual named as a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. It notes Seattle has discretion on showing the suspect's photo to witnesses (with a handwritten '// NO' notation). A lead is set for the New York office to discreetly contact redacted airline personnel at JFK and La Guardia Airports (one identified as working for EAL/Eastern Air Lines) to gather background information on the suspect, including work record and salary, to help eliminate or develop him as a suspect. The paragraph is cut off at the bottom of the page ('It would'). Distribution/copy list showing the airtel was routed to the Bureau, New York, Seattle, and New Haven offices with enclosure counts, plus a handwritten note instructing the file be returned with a sub file. A Seattle field office date-stamp ('JUL 26 1976') and a partially legible file/serial number appear at bottom right, along with the FBI Vault archival page identifier 'DB COOPER-55080'.

Typed text is clear and legible throughout.
Several name/identifying fields are redacted with blank boxes marked b6/b7c (FOIA exemption codes) in the right margin.
Handwritten annotations present ('// NO', 'RETURN WITH SUB FILE', a partial number, and initials near top-left) are less legible than the typed text.
Bottom routing/serialization stamp is partially smudged, obscuring part of the file number.

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