Part 24, page 438

DB Cooper-7840Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8735

Document date 12 April 1972

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NR018 SE PLAIN 11:40 PM NITEL 4/12/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) IP

NORJAK.

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RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU MARCH TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYTWO.

[REDACTED] SEATTLE, ADVISES THAT TWO SAMPLE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED THIS DAY FROM [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND WHO CLAIMS TO HOLD ENTIRE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RANSOM FOR SALE IN LOTS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SERIAL NUMBERS OF TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED ARE [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] NEITHER BILL LISTED IN BUREAU-PUBLISHED LIST OF NORJAK RANSOM BILLS. SIMILARLY, NCIC CHECK ON BOTH BILLS NEGATIVE.

[REDACTED] ADVISES UNITED STATES TREASURY AGENTS CONFIRM NEITHER SAMPLE BILL BOGUS. [REDACTED] PLANS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND OBTAIN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS FROM THIS SAME LOT AND FURTHER ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE ORIGIN.

SEATTLE MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] WHO ADVISE THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY FURTHER BILLS OBTAINED FROM SAME SOURCE. E N D PD HOLD (A3w)

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DB Cooper-7840 164-81-8735

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Teletype header showing message sent from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director and Portland office on April 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle FBI office reports that two sample $20 bills were obtained from a redacted individual in Portland who claims to possess the entire $200,000 NORJAK ransom for sale in $100,000 lots. Serial numbers of the sample bills were checked and neither appeared on the Bureau-published NORJAK ransom bill list. NCIC check was also negative. U.S. Treasury agents confirmed neither sample bill was bogus. Plans are underway to obtain $1,000 worth of $20 bills from the same lot to further attempt to determine origin. Seattle is maintaining close contact with a redacted party who will report any further bills obtained from the same source. Case reference stamp showing DB Cooper document number 7840 and file number 164-81-8735.

Several redacted (blacked-out) blocks throughout the document
Marginal annotations b6, b7C, b7D, b7E visible on right side indicating FOIA exemption codes

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