AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re San Jose informant on NORJAK suspect16 August 1977page 1 of 2
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Part 40, page 263

DB Cooper-16063Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7664, SF 164-220

Document date 16 August 1977

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8/16/77

AIRTEL AIR MAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P)

RE: NORJA K CNA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SE

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Re Seattle letter to San Francisco, 4/21/77, Legat, Ottawa airtel to the Bureau, 6/9/77.

[REDACTED] San Jose, California, interviewed re [REDACTED] and information previously discussed with [REDACTED] Attorney at Law, San Jose, California.

[REDACTED] indicated he had known [REDACTED] for many years and only recently did he become disenchanted with him for failure to repay some back debts.

[REDACTED] stated that in his opinion, [REDACTED] is the individual who committed the hijacking, but he has no positive information, only bits and pieces of information which he had put together over the past few years.

He stated that [REDACTED] is a trained paratrooper, and prior to the hijacking of the aircraft, [REDACTED] had taken extensive training in night skydiving, had previous paratrooper training in the military, and was very knowledgeable about aircraft.

[REDACTED] advised that he had directly accused [REDACTED] of being the individual who committed the hijacking and re- ceived little response. He stated he further knew for a fact

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164-81-7664

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DB Cooper-16063