MemoSAC Butte to SAC Minneapolis re NORJAK, Dodge van witness in Butte, Montana13 July 1972page 1 of 4
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Part 26, page 504

DB Cooper-8914Serials BT 164-26, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-365

Document date 13 July 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 p. 504 (DB Cooper-8914), Memo, dated 13 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-365 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-26/pages/504

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SAC, MINNEAPOLIS 7/13/72

SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P)

NORJAK OO: Seattle

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RE

For the information of Seattle and Minneapolis, at 9:50 a.m., 4/11/72, [REDACTED] Butte, Montana, [REDACTED], and [REDACTED] telephonically advised as follows:

On or about 11/11/71, or 12/71, he observed a vehicle parked on [REDACTED] behind the RADIO ENGINEERING AND SERVICE COMPANY. This vehicle was a Dodge Van, which pulled in sometime before 5:00 p.m., on 11/11 or 12/71. He was curious as he wondered if these people who had the van were in trouble. He knocked on the door of the van and a man and his wife, who were in the van, said their vehicle had broken down, but they were on their way to the Wise River, Montana, area to do some hunting.

As he recalls, it was a 1970 or 1971, green and white license believed to be from the State of Minnesota. Inside the van was a large green motorcycle.

After reading about the recent hijacking of the airplane, whereby the individual had parachuted near Provo, Utah, he told his wife upon recollection that the people they had observed in the van in 11/71, could conceivably have something to do with the hijacking over in the State of Washington, in that the motorcycle would be an easy method of escape after a person had parachuted from an airplane.

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2 - Minneapolis 1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info.) 2 - Butte VBS/nnw (5)

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16 4-81 -365 [guess: 1] SEARCHED........INDEXED........ SERIALIZED....FILED.... JUL 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-8914