AirtelSAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re Boeing Flight Test Data Center personnel check29 September 1972page 1 of 2
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Part 28, page 162

DB Cooper-9695Serials DL 164-191, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3966

Document date 29 September 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 28 p. 162 (DB Cooper-9695), Airtel, dated 29 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3966 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-28/pages/162

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FD-36 (Rev. 6-22-64)

FBI

Date: 9/29/72

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL (Priority)

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, DALLAS (164-191) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

Re: [REDACTED]

Re Dallas letter to Seattle 7/28/72, concerning captioned matter.

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Enclosed are two copies of an insert from the Houston Office, which reveals [REDACTED] is not willing to be interviewed by FBI Agents, except through his attorney in Long Beach. No further action is being taken concerning this suspect.

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On 9/28/72, [REDACTED] Dallas, Texas, furnished the following:

He said right after the NORJACK case, Aviation Week Magazine had printed a great deal of minute detail concerning the hijack and particularly technical data with respect to the Boeing 727, which was the plane hijacked. It was obvious to him, he said, that the hijacker had to know a great deal about this airplane, because he knew at what degree to have the flaps leveled, the air speed, the time to put the gears down, and etc.

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According to [REDACTED] only an individual who was highly technically qualified in this aircraft would know this information. Therefore he suggested as a lead that

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(2) - Seattle (Enc. 2) 1 - Dallas HJM/jma (3)

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164-81-3966 SEARCHED......... INDEXED......... SERIALIZED...[checked].. FILED..[checked]...... OCT 4 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-9695

*U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574