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Part 39, page 444

DB Cooper-15660Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81

Document date 31 May 1977

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People

D.B. CooperSuspectJohn DoeSuspectRobert E. ThompsonJournalist

Places

Portland, OregonSeattle, Washington

Dates mentioned

11/24/7611/30/7612/31/765/31/77

Transcript

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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Copy to: 1 - USA, Seattle 1 - USA, Portland

Report of: SA [REDACTED] Office: Seattle, Washington b6 Date: 5/31/77 b7C

Field Office File #: 164-81 Bureau File #: 164-2111

Title: NORJAK

Character: CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT- HIJACKING; EXTORTION

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Synopsis: All investigation to identify unsub to date has been negative. On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper, with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act statutes. Bond fixed at $500,000. The $5,000 reward formerly offered by the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper was withdrawn as of 12/31/76. A manual search of the missing persons indices at FBI Headquarters was conducted based on the presumption that unsub may have parished during the jump and a missing persons report may have been filed with the FBI. Twenty-one possible suspects were developed as a result of this search and they are currently being processed as suspects. Investigation continuing at Seattle and other divisions. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DETAILS:

All investigation to identify unsub to date has been negative.

On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act statutes. A bond was fixed at $500,000.

By letter, dated 11/30/76, ROBERT E. THOMPSON, Publisher and Editor of the Seattle Post Intelligencer news- paper, advised that he was withdrawing his previous offer of a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of unsub, aka D. B. Cooper. THOMPSON stated the reward would be with-

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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1970 O - 406-840