Part 38, page 106

Document date 25 August 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 38 p. 106, Memo, dated 25 Aug 1976, serial SE 164-81-7059 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-38/pages/106

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 8/25/76

SATHOMAS J. MANNING

NORJAK

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On 8/25/76 [REDACTED] Kalama, Washington telephone [REDACTED] furnished the following information:

She works at Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Longview with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] white male whose name is [REDACTED] who lives in [REDACTED] Washington. Last night (as he has on previous occasions) he told her in confidence and swore her to secrecy that [REDACTED] who lives in the vicinity [REDACTED] Washington while [REDACTED] through heavy growth 10 miles out [REDACTED] (no direction indicated) with a bulldozer had found a body and an attache type case. When the case was opened the [REDACTED] which was all 20 dollar bills and [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] When [REDACTED] stated he must have found COOPER he became very nervous and tried to downplay that it was COOPER's body.

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She advised him that passing the bills found would be difficult for all the serial numbers are known and he then said that after the money was counted [REDACTED] had covered the body and the case with the money in after putting them in a six foot hole in the ground.

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[REDACTED] advised that the body was found about 6 months ago and [REDACTED] indicated the money and body are still where they were buried. She stated that [REDACTED] anticipates using the money at a later date for [REDACTED]

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That is all the information [REDACTED] has at this time but will see [REDACTED] again this evening (swing shift) at Weyerhaeuser and will attempt to get further information and a bill if possible. Arrangements were made with her to call the writer at home or the Seattle Division since writer will be out of RA area for two days on police school.

Above matter will be followed.

(2) TJM/

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164-81-7059

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Header block identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, date 8/25/76, agent Sathomas J. Manning, and case name NORJAK. A female informant from Kalama, WA, who works at Weyerhaeuser Corporation in Longview, reports that a white male acquaintance told her in confidence that someone operating a bulldozer 10 miles out through heavy growth found a body and an attache-type case containing all 20 dollar bills. When she suggested it must be COOPER, the man became very nervous and tried to downplay it. The informant told the man that the bills' serial numbers are known. He then revealed that after counting the money, someone re-buried the body and case with the money in a six-foot hole in the ground. The informant states the body was found approximately 6 months prior, the money and body remain buried, and the man anticipates using the money at a later date. The agent notes the informant will attempt to obtain further information and possibly a bill from the man during the evening swing shift at Weyerhaeuser. Arrangements were made for follow-up contact. The agent will be out of the RA area for two days attending police school. Case file stamp number and Bates number DB Cooper-14769 at bottom right of page. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy) noted in the right margin corresponding to redacted portions.

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