MemoTo SAC Seattle re suspect eliminated (ELIMINATE stamp)14 August 19721 page
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Part 27, page 186

DB Cooper-9264Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3984

Document date 14 August 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) (P) DATE: 8-14-72

FROM SA [redacted] b6 b7C

SUBJECT NORJAK SUSPECT [redacted] SOURCE

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ELIMINATR

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Re Seattle memo of SPC [redacted] dated 7/30/72. b6 b7C Pursuant to a telephone call from [redacted] of b6 the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, to b7C the Yakima Resident Agency on July 31, 1972, Special Agents [redacted] located [redacted] Yakima.

[redacted] advised he was talking at the bar at the b6 [redacted] on the previous day concerning the hijacking b7C of the Northwest Orient Airliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. He was saying that a person he knows as [redacted] (LNU) closely resembles the artist's conception of the hijacker. This [redacted] was suppose to have flown to Vancouver, B.C. on the same day of the hijacking, but he never made the trip. [redacted] ad- vised he saw [redacted] several days later at the Chinook Hotel in Yakima. [redacted] stated he never meant to imply this [redacted] was the hijacker, but was only commenting about the resemblance that [redacted] has with the composite drawing with the unknown sub- ject. [redacted] advised that was the last time he saw [redacted] and feels he was in no way connected with the hijacking.

[redacted] advised he never knew [redacted] last name. He b6 advised further [redacted] is a white male, age approximately b7C [redacted], with all other descriptive data being just "average". [redacted] stated he met [redacted] last year at the Chinook Hotel and does not know where he is employed. [redacted] stated as far as he remembers, [redacted] did not smoke cigarettes. [redacted] stated apparently [redacted] has spent a long time in Spain working for a company there.

[redacted] advised his permanent address is [redacted] b6 [redacted] Yakima, Washington, and he is employed by the National b7C Environmental Development Industry, which is a company that basically markets farm-type equipment.

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