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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to File No.

450 Golden Gate Avenue Box 36015 San Francisco, California, 94102 March 10, 1972

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SUB. E.

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Lt. General A.D. Surles, Jr. Commanding General Headquarters Sixth U.S. Army Presidio of San Francisco, California, 94129

Dear General Surles:

On November 24, 1971, an unidentified individual held up and hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 405 between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, and on landing in Seattle extorted $200,000 from the Northwest Airlines. He departed via the same plane with the crew from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, and investigation by the FBI to date has developed information that more than likely this individual left the airplane via parachute in the vicinity of La Center, Washington.

Our further investigation has developed that very likely he came down in an area of approximately three and one-half miles wide by six miles long. Thus far, in spite of extensive nation- wide investigation we have developed no information that any of the money has turned up nor have we developed any information to indicate that the individual successfully completed the jump and escaped alive.

In view of the area to be searched and the magnitude of the problem, we request the assignment of a Company of ground troops together with support in order to search the terrain for the individual's body. Hopefully, if the assistance is to be extended the troops would be on location on or about March 14, 1972, ready to commence the operation on March 15, 1972.

Should you render assistance and desire further details concerning the actual site and operation these can be secured through Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes, 1015 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, telephone 206-MA-0460.

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64-81-2460 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [guess: 4/11] FILED [guess: 7/7] MAR 10 1972 FBI — SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-7326