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DB Cooper-12100Serials CV 164-88, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-5044

Document date 21 November 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: 11/21/73

FROM : SAC, CLEVELAND (164-88) (P) [REDACTED - b6, b7C] SUBJECT: NORJAK

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Re Cleveland letter to Seattle, 10/29/73, and Albuquerque airtel to Bureau, 11/7/73.

Attempts to photograph [REDACTED] at Cleve- land, Ohio, were negative.

Attempts to ascertain employment on November 24, 1971, were negative.

Composite sketches of NORJAK hijacker were shown to friend and former employers of [REDACTED] and were not identified as being sketches of [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] Brook Park, Ohio, and [REDACTED] advised he has not seen [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was formerly in the United States Air Force (enlisted) but was discharged [REDACTED] for medical reasons. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was not involved with aircraft while in the Air Force. He also stated that [REDACTED] had no working know- ledge of aircraft.

[REDACTED] did not know the location of [REDACTED] He said that because of [REDACTED]

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(2) - Seattle 2 - Cleveland

ECD/bms (4)

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164-81-5044 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ NOV 26 1973

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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-108-02 DB Cooper-12100

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Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle, dated November 21, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. A block of text in the upper right near the subject line is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Body of the memo reports investigative steps taken regarding a NORJAK suspect lead routed through the Cleveland field office. Attempts to photograph the subject and verify employment on November 24, 1971 (the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking) were negative. Composite sketches of the hijacker were shown to associates and former employers but not identified. A contact in Brook Park, Ohio, confirmed the subject was formerly enlisted in the US Air Force but was discharged for medical reasons, was not involved with aircraft, and had no working knowledge of aircraft. Heavy redactions obscure the identities of the subject and witnesses. Distribution block indicating two copies each to Seattle and Cleveland field offices. Dictated by agent with initials ECD, transcribed by bms. Four total copies. FBI administrative filing stamps showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on November 26, 1973, under serial number 164-81-5044. Standard government form footer with savings bond advertisement, form number 5010-108-02, and FBI Vault pagination identifier DB Cooper-12100.

Multiple redacted (blacked-out) sections throughout the document, annotated with b6 and b7C exemption codes
Text is clearly typed and legible where not redacted

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