MemoSA William L. Price to SAC Seattle re Spokane informant's suspect referral14 January 19721 page
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Part 19, page 53

DB Cooper-5908Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-192

Document date 14 January 1972

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 1/14/72 FROM : SA WILLIAM L. PRICE - P - SUBJECT: NORJAK

RE: [REDACTED], Suspect

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On this date a man who identified himself as [REDACTED] who is well known as a lecturer before service clubs, phoned the Spokane R/A and said he has a woman friend whom he has known for about five years who asked him to report to the FBI that her [REDACTED] [REDACTED] could be considered a prime suspect for the instant skyjacking. [REDACTED] said he met [REDACTED] about three years ago when he went with [REDACTED] and the woman to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at which time [REDACTED] and the woman were married.

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[REDACTED] said the woman does not want her name mentioned because she [REDACTED] and has now re-married. She formerly worked as [REDACTED] for Boeing in Seattle, and [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] said [REDACTED] is a retired U.S. Army Sergeant and drawing a pension [REDACTED] per month; he is about [REDACTED] years old and 5'10", stocky build, dark blonde hair which was last known to be crewcut.

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[REDACTED] admitted that his unidentified woman friend primarily suspected her [REDACTED] of being a good suspect because of the similarity of the names: D. B. COOPER vs [REDACTED] and because [REDACTED] was previously a Marine paratrooper and an Army demolitions expert.

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[REDACTED] said the woman friend now lives out of Spokane, and she left [STRIKETHROUGH] his home about two days ago with [REDACTED] enroute to California; before she left his place she asked [REDACTED] he said, to contact the FBI and furnish the above information, and to also report that she suspects that [REDACTED] has since gone to Mexico, but she had no reason for suspecting that.

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A review of the Spokane Telephone, City, and Suburban Directories failed to reveal any [REDACTED] SEATTLE: 164-81-192 Will attempt to identify [REDACTED] who formerly resided in Seattle, and if identified will determine if he could be considered a suspect in this case. 1 - Seattle WLP 164-81 [signature]

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED [FILED] JAN 0 7 1972

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