AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Anchorage re NORJAK, with lead to contact BLM Fairbanks District Office21 December 1976page 1 of 2
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Part 39, page 70

DB Cooper-15229Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7293

Document date 21 December 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 39 p. 70 (DB Cooper-15229), Airtel, dated 21 Dec 1976, serial SE 164-81-7293 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-39/pages/70

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12/21/76

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AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO: SAC, ANCHORAGE

FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (CO: Seattle) Bufilo 164-2111

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On 12/20/76, [REDACTED] Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [REDACTED] Oregon, telephone (503) 399-5656, telephonically furnished the following infor- mation to SA [REDACTED]

In approximately November of 1972, a year after the hijacking in this matter, he had been assigned in the State of [REDACTED] with another BLM officer by the name of [REDACTED]. At that time, the annual publicity surrounding the anniversary of the hijacking in this matter caused some discussion of the hijacking among the BLM personnel. At that time, [REDACTED] made the statement that he felt he knew the identity of the hijacker. He said that he felt the man to be a former BLM smoke jumper [REDACTED] who had been a military parachutist, that the incident sounded just like something this unidentified smoke jumper would do and he pointed out the fact that the smoke jumper's [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] said that he asked [REDACTED] why he did not report it and [REDACTED] and indicated he was not about to do such a thing. [REDACTED] said he did not know whether [REDACTED] had over reported the matter.

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] is now located in the Fairbanks District Office of the BLM at Fairbanks, Alaska.

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2 - Anchorage (2)- Seattle (164-81) 2 - Portland

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164-81-7293

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DB Cooper-15229