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DB Cooper-10940Serials LA 164-497, SE 164-81

Document date 26 March 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: 3/26/73 FROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle Re: [REDACTED]

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On 1/26/73, an anonymous letter was received at [REDACTED] the Los Angeles Office in which the writer states "For several reasons, I strongly suspect 'D.B. Cooper' is really one [REDACTED] of Hollywood". He lists four reasons why he believes [REDACTED] is identical to the hijacker as (1) strongly resembles artist's sketch seen on television; (2) he was a paratrooper while in the military service; (3) he was out of the city when the event took place; and (4) he visits northernCalifornia.

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Records of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LASO), Los Angeles, California Police Department (LAPD), and the Credit Bureau of Greater Los Angeles revealed no record identifiable with [REDACTED] Hollywood, California.

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Records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles reveal one individual possibly identical to [REDACTED] referred to in the letter. This person was one [REDACTED] [REDACTED] California Driver's License Number [REDACTED] male, born [REDACTED] 6'2", 180 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, and residence shown as [REDACTED] Los Angeles, California. A former address as of 7/30/71, was shown as [REDACTED] Los Angeles, California. (This address is in Hollywood, California).

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Discreet inquiry in the vicinity of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Los Angeles, revealed [REDACTED] was employed as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Hollywood, California.

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2 - Seattle (AM) 2 - Los Angeles

crs/kah (4)

164-81 - 4545

[stamp] MAR 2 9 1973

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

DB Cooper-10940

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Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 3/26/73. An anonymous letter received on 1/26/73 at the Los Angeles FBI office names a suspect in Hollywood as D.B. Cooper, citing four reasons: resemblance to the artist's sketch, paratrooper background, absence from the city during the hijacking, and visits to northern California. Law enforcement and credit bureau records checks in Los Angeles found no record identifiable with the redacted suspect name in Hollywood, California. California DMV records revealed one individual possibly matching the suspect: a male, 6'2", 180 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, with a Los Angeles residence and a former address in Hollywood, California as of 7/30/71. A discreet inquiry in the Los Angeles area revealed the individual was employed at a location in Hollywood, California. Details are heavily redacted. Distribution and administrative notations at the bottom of the memo, including routing to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, initials crs/kah, a date stamp of MAR 29 1973, case reference number, and the standard government savings bonds tagline. Document identified as DB Cooper-10940.

Several redacted (blacked out) sections throughout the document marked b6/b7C
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