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SAC, NEW YORK 2/6/76
- UE J
SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (P)
UNSUB, aka,
Dan Cooper;
Northwest Airlines,
Flight 350,
Portland, Oregon to
Seattle, Washington
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
OO: SEATTLE
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For the information of New York and Seattle Divisions
[REDACTED] is the [REDACTED]
of the "Secret Witness Program" of a local Detroit
newspaper. The "Secret Witness Program" offers rewards in
varying amounts to individuals who anonymously furnish infor-
mation to the newspaper in current local investigations and
cases of national prominence.
By letter dated 1/26/76 [REDACTED] advised the
Detroit of the following information which he had anonymously
been furnished by a "tipster":
"Regarding the 'D.B. Cooper' who hijacked
a Northwest Airlines flight over Washington
four years ago, I knew a [REDACTED] (who some-
times wrote his name so that the [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] and who hurriedly left the country for
Uganda, South Africa on the day of the hijacking.
[REDACTED] became quite interested in flying a
few months before leaving the country and left
the organization [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] About two years ago he
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2 - New York
1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info)
2 - Detroit
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