MemoNew York re attempts to interview author writing book on the hijacking27 September 1977page 1 of 2
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Part 40, page 286

DB Cooper-16086Serials NY 164-627, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7676

Document date 27 September 1977

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9/27/77

[REDACTED b6/b7C]

[handwriting: [guess: Aunt] A]

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TO: SAC SEATTLE (164-81)

FROM: ADIC NEW YORK (164-627) (RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) (OO:SE)

ReATairtel to the Bureau, 8/24/77.

Enclosed for Seattle is the original and six (6) copies of an FD-302 reflecting the interview of [REDACTED b6/b7C]

Enclosed for the San Antonio is one (1) copy of the above described FD-302.

Information was received in referenced airtel indicating that a [REDACTED] who was described as a [REDACTED] for Newsday, a prominent LI newspaper, related to an individual aboard a Delta Airlines flight, from Atlanta to Washington, DC, on 8/10/77, that he was writing a book on the subject's escapade. [REDACTED] claimed that the subject of instant investigation was allegedly incar- cerated in a prison, somewhere in the Atlanta, Georgia area, under another name. This [REDACTED] related to passengers aboard the aircraft that the subject of instant investigation, a former Boeing employee, removed a panel from the ceiling of the jet, in the lavatory of the plane, and hid himself there until after the aircraft had landed.

A contact of Newsday, 550 Stewart Ave., Garden City, NY, determined that there was no one by the name of [REDACTED] presently employed by this publication.

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(2) Seattle (Encls. 7) 1-San Antonio (Encl. 1) (INFO) 1-New York

TFMoQ:mes (4)

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164-81-7676 SEARCHED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [guess: 2] [illegible] FBI — S[illegible]

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DB Cooper-16086