MemoSA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK crime summary, criminal description and revised composite sketches8 February 1973page 1 of 3
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Part 30, page 14

DB Cooper-10595Serials SE 164-81

Document date 8 February 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) DATE: 2/8/73

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK 00: Seattle

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Enclosed for each agent receiving this memo is one copy each of a colored artist's composit of unsub in this matter, one with glasses, one without glasses. The previous composit was changed to show unsub's complexion and age more closely.

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THE CRIME

A lone white male boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight Number 305 at Portland, Oregon, on November 24, 1971. At approximately 3:22 p.m., while the flight was en route to Seattle, Washington, he indicated to a stewardess that his briefcase contained a bomb which would blow up the plane unless his demands were met.

The hijacker demanded $200,000 and four parachutes in exchange for the safety of the 36 passengers aboard the plane. When the aircraft landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient Airlines complied with his instructions. After he received the parachutes and money, the hijacker allowed all passengers and two of the airline stewardesses to deplane.

He then ordered the remaining crew members into the first-class section of the aircraft and informed them he desired to fly to Mexico City. The hijacker instructed that the plane proceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed which enabled the rear door of the plane to be opened during the flight.

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164-81 - 4406 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [guess: and] FILED [guess: OC] FEB 8 1973 roi -- SEATTLE

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3 - 164-81 1 - Each agent with CIs and PCIs 1 - Each Resident agent 1 - Each member #2 Squad RNN/rlg (60)

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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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DB Cooper-10595

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