Document date 26 January 1972AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 20 p. 187 (DB Cooper-6144), Memo, dated 26 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-2055 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-20/pages/187
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SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) 1/26/72
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) [REDACTED] b6
b7C
NORJAK
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On January 5, 1972, [REDACTED]
(PROTECT IDENTITY) advised SA [REDACTED] Washington,
that [REDACTED] b6
[REDACTED] may possibly be considered as a suspect in captioned b7C
matter because he is [REDACTED] b7D
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] also said [REDACTED] b6
[REDACTED] b7C
b7D
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On January 18, 1972, [REDACTED]
Washington, who with [REDACTED] b6
[REDACTED] there during the appropriate b7C
season, informed SA [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] has
worked for them [REDACTED] in Oregon and Washington,
but he lives at [REDACTED] Oregon, and he has not
been in the [REDACTED] area for several months.
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[REDACTED] said she and [REDACTED] last saw [REDACTED] b6
during the last Christmas Holidays when they visited [REDACTED] b7C
in Oregon. At that time, she said, they kidded
him about being a good suspect in the instant hijacking; however,
they did not at any time actually think he is a person who would
do such a thing. She studied the composite sketch of the subject
and said although there are some similarities, she does
not actually think the sketch is a good likeness of [REDACTED].
She said [REDACTED] enjoys an excellent reputation, and their exper-
ience with him has indicated him to be honest and trustworthy,
but she admitted that with his flying and parachuting background
he would have been about as capable of performing the instant
hijacking as anyone she has heard of. She said [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] area and the subject [REDACTED]