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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/22/71
Transmit the following in _____ PLAINTEXT _____
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via _____ TELETYPE _____ NITEL _____
(Priority)
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TO : NEW ORLEANS
FROM: MOBILE (164-34)
NORJAK.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO MOBILE DEC. TWELVE, SEVENTYONE.
REFERENCED NITEL INDICATED THAT ON DEC. ONE, SEVENTYONE,
[REDACTED] RIVERTON, WYOMING,
REPORTED [REDACTED] IS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THE HIJACKING.
ON DEC. TWENTYTWO, SEVENTYONE, [REDACTED] WAS
INTERVIEWED AT THE HOME OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] MOBILE, ALABAMA. [REDACTED] STATED HE
WAS EMPLOYED AS [REDACTED] ON NOV. SIXTEEN, SEVENTYONE,
[REDACTED]
IN NEW IBERIA, LA. HE ADVISED THAT ON NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE,
HE WAS WORKING [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] LA. HE SAID THAT
[REDACTED] FROM NOV. NINETEEN, SEVENTYONE, TO DEC.
FOUR, SEVENTYONE, [REDACTED]
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(1) - Seattle (AM)
1 - Mobile
LEK : mrc
(2)
Approved: _____________ Sent _________ M Per _________
Special Agent in Charge
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104-81 -1539
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____
DEC 22 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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b6
b7C
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DB Cooper-5080
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Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 22, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype at NITEL priority.
FBI Mobile office teletype to New Orleans regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seattle NITEL from Dec 12, 1971, indicating that someone in Riverton, Wyoming reported a possible hijacking suspect. On Dec 22, 1971, the suspect was interviewed at a home in Mobile, Alabama. He stated he was employed in New Iberia, LA on Nov 16, 1971, and was working in LA around Nov 24, 1971. He provided an account of his whereabouts from Nov 19 to Dec 4, 1971. Names and identifying details are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions.
Distribution block showing copies sent to Seattle (airmail) and Mobile. Initials LEK:mrc indicate drafter and typist. Standard approval line for Special Agent in Charge.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated December 22, 1971, with case serial number 104-81-1539. Document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed.
FOIA exemption markings indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and source-identifying information compiled for law enforcement purposes (b7C).
Document tracking identifier from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper file, page 5080 in the overall collection.
Multiple redacted blocks (b6/b7C exemptions) obscure names, addresses, and employment details Text is clearly printed and highly legible outside of redactions