Part 32, page 175

DB Cooper-11785Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4898

Document date 23 August 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: 8/23/73

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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On March 5, 1973, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Lynnwood, Washington, telephonically advised the Seattle Office she had information concerning subject matter she did not care to discuss over the phone.

On March 19, 1973, an anonymous letter was re- ceived at the Seattle Office enclosing a picture of a man resembling the artist's sketch of the hijacker. The person in the photo was identified as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Granite Falls, Washington, telephone [REDACTED]

The letter writer gave various logical reasons for believing [REDACTED] was the hijacker and requested to be contacted through the [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

On March 22, 1973, [REDACTED] was interviewed at her residence and it was established she had called the Seattle Office. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] resides in a comfortable home [REDACTED]. She was very secretive at first and had no logical explanation concerning a phone call [REDACTED] She seemed delighted with intrigue and several times declared her identity must remain anonymous.

[REDACTED] said she met [REDACTED] at the Boeing Renton plant, where they [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She claimed [REDACTED] was a World War II veteran and flyer, who knew how to parachute.

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(2) - Seattle RWR:kn (2)

ELIMINATED

164-81-4898 [stamp] [guess: MAR] 1973

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savin[gs Plan]

DB Cooper-11785

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Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated August 23, 1973, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK. Memo describes a woman from Lynnwood, WA who called the Seattle FBI Office on March 5, 1973 with information about the NORJAK hijacking suspect. On March 19, 1973, an anonymous letter arrived at the Seattle Office with a photo resembling the hijacker sketch, identifying a man from Granite Falls, WA. On March 22, 1973, the woman was interviewed at her residence. She was secretive and insisted on anonymity. She claimed to have met the suspect at the Boeing Renton plant and stated he was a WWII veteran and flyer who knew how to parachute. Footer contains distribution notation (2 copies to Seattle), author initials RWR:kn, an ELIMINATED stamp indicating the suspect was cleared, file number 164-81-4898, a date stamp, a U.S. Savings Bonds promotional line, and the Bates stamp DB Cooper-11785.

Multiple redaction bars throughout the document obscuring names, addresses, and other PII
Redaction exemption codes b6, b7C, and b7D noted in right margin
Bottom stamps and handwriting are slightly less legible

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