Part 29, page 306

DB Cooper-10390Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4312

Document date 9 January 1973

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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: 1/9/73

FROM : SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C SUBJECT: NORJAK Sub 491

OO: Seattle

RE: BOEING ENGINEER RETRAINING NO. 491

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Re Bureau letter to Seattle, dated 6/27/72; Portland letter to Seattle, dated 8/22/72.

[REDACTED] Portland Office of Oregon State Employment Service, advised a retraining program for unemployed Boeing Engineers is in operation at Longview, Washington.

The Bureau advised in referenced communication that UNSUB in this matter possibly has executive training and might be a former Boeing employee out of work at the time of Norjak.

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LEAD:

SEATTLE

AT LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON

Will conduct appropriate inquiry to identify program mentioned above and explore the possibility that UNSUB is associated with the program.

AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Will attempt to determine if similar retraining program is being conducted in the Seattle area and if so, conduct investigation set forth above.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

3 - Seattle RNN/bjb Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-10390

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SEARCHED ......... INDEXED SERIALIZED ... FILED JAN 11 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

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164-81-4312

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Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated January 9, 1973, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), sub-file 491, concerning Boeing Engineer Retraining. The memo references prior Bureau and Portland correspondence. A redacted source at the Portland Office of Oregon State Employment Service reported a retraining program for unemployed Boeing engineers operating in Longview, Washington. The Bureau had previously noted the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) possibly had executive training and might be a former Boeing employee unemployed at the time of the hijacking. The memo assigns investigative leads: Seattle field office to inquire at Longview, Washington about the Boeing retraining program and check for UNSUB association, and also to determine if a similar program exists in the Seattle area. Bottom of memo contains the warning 'ARMED AND DANGEROUS', distribution notation (3 copies to Seattle), typist initials RNN/bjb, and a standard government savings bonds footer. Document identifier DB Cooper-10390 is printed at bottom right. FBI Seattle office processing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on January 11, 1973. Handwritten case sub-file number annotation.

Clean typewritten memo with clear text
Some redacted fields (FROM line)
Handwritten annotation 'Sub 491' in upper right area
Handwritten case number '164-81-4312' in lower right area
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