Part 35, page 257

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

FBI

Date: 12/23/74

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)(P)

RE: NORJAK OO: Seattle

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On 12/19/74, in cooperation with officials of the Pacific Telephone Company, Los Angeles, one of a series of telephone calls received by Northwest Airlines, Los Angeles, from an anonymous male requesting $20,000 in exchange for information regarding the identity of "D. B. COOPER," was traced to a telephone booth in Hawthorne, California. Bureau agents dispatched to the location of the booth, detained [redacted] leaving the booth. [redacted] a white male, [redacted] born [redacted] and currently residing at [redacted] Inglewood, California, telephone number [redacted] voluntarily accompanied Bureau Agents to the Los Angeles Office and advised as follows:

He made a series of anonymous telephone calls to Northwest Airlines, Los Angeles, requesting $20,000 in exchange for information concerning the identity of the hijacker of Northwest Airlines plane in Seattle, Washington in 1971. [redacted] admitted he was interested in a reward and [redacted] in Oregon and Washington.

He stated he has no first hand knowledge concerning the identity of the hijacker in this matter; however, related a series of circumstances which he believes indicated the

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164-81 - 6427 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ DEC 2 81974 FBI—SEATTLE

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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent __________ M Per __________

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11)

DB Cooper-13228

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[circled] - Seattle 2 - Portland 2 - Los Angeles

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