AirtelSAC Kansas City to Director re informant on Air America pilots as Cooper suspects20 June 1975page 1 of 3
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Part 35, page 156

DB Cooper-13564Serials 104-81-657, 164-2111, KC 164-80

Document date 20 June 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 35 p. 156 (DB Cooper-13564), Airtel, dated 20 Jun 1975, serial 104-81-657 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-35/pages/156

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 6/20/75

Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Priority) ---------------------------------------------------

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)

FROM: SAC, KANSAS CITY (164-80) -P-

NORJAK

OO: Seattle [handwritten: Sep 7 and additional illegible marks]

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]

AT LAWRENCE, KANSAS [handwritten initials/checkmark]

On 6/16/75, [REDACTED] who requested his identity be kept strictly confidential and not disclosed to anyone outside the Bureau, (especially not [REDACTED] mentioned below) stated as follows:

In connection with the sky-jacking of an aircraft a few years ago, he believes at Seattle, Washington, or in Oregon, where "D. B. COOPER" bailed out of the plane with $200,000.00 and has never been caught, he feels COOPER had to be an experienced "smoke jumper" or experienced in jumping out the back ramp door.

He has [REDACTED] who presently lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] worked for Air America in [REDACTED]. After COOPER hijacked the plane, [REDACTED] was back in the United States and he and [REDACTED] were

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2 - Bureau (RM) 2 - Oklahoma City (RM) 2 - Seattle (RM) 2 - Kansas City BLS:lw (8)

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[stamped] 104-81-657 [or similar] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED 12 FILED ___ JUN 23 1975

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Approved: _____________ Sent _________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge * U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11)

DB Cooper-13564