Part 18, page 374
DB Cooper-5706Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1833
Document date 7 January 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 p. 374 (DB Cooper-5706), Airtel, dated 7 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1833 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-18/pages/374
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 1/7/72
Transmit the following in ______ (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL AIRMAIL Via ______ ______ (Priority) --------------------------------------------------- TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SUB - [handwritten, illegible]
FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)(P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
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X - VOLUNTEER TO PARACHUTIST - VOLUNTEER b6 b7C
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On 1/7/72, [REDACTED] personally appeared at the Portland Office and furnished information to SA NORMAN B. BELFREY. [REDACTED] resides at [REDACTED] Vancouver, Washington, telephone [REDACTED] both Vancouver.
[REDACTED] said he served in the Army Airborne Unit [REDACTED] Serial [REDACTED] and received an honorable discharge.
He volunteered to assist the FBI in any way possible with regard to this case, and he specifically desires to parachute from an airplane under similar conditions exper- ienced by the hijacked plane on 11/24/71. [REDACTED] of the Century Skydivers Club, which is now disbanded, but the Club had headquarters at Frink's Air Strip, Orchards, Washington. He has jumped about 400 times during the period 1966 to the present time, and the last time he jumped was three weeks ago at Orchards, Washington. He made a night jump from [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] at the Evergreen Airport, Vancouver, Washington.
He has access to a helmet-mounted free-fall 16 milli- meter camera and he owns [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which he uses in his jumps. [REDACTED] said he is interested in obtaining employment with [REDACTED] in
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(2) - Seattle (AM) 2 - Portland
NBB:kdd (4)
Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent __________ M Per __________
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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164-81-1833 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED _____ JAN 11 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-5706