AirtelSAC Sacramento to Director re NORJAK suspect Rackstraw, arrest and leads6 March 1978page 1 of 3
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Part 40, page 375

DB Cooper-15959Serials 164-2111, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SF 164-220, SL 164-63

Document date 6 March 1978

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FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ E F T O ☐ CLEAR Date 3/6/78

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50)(P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle

Enclosed for Seattle is one copy of LHM dated 2/3/78 concerning ROBERT WESLEY JONES, aka Robert Wesley [redacted] Rackstraw[redacted]Sacramento[redacted] [redacted] who was recently arrested by the New York Division and is awaiting transfer back to Stockton, California after waiving extradition. He claims RACKSTRAW is his true name and all records except birth records list him as RACKSTRAW.

Also enclosed for Seattle is one copy of RACKSTRAW's resume wherein he claims to hold Army aviator and paratrooper insignia, as well as Vietnamese paratrooper wings, and to have received training in both demolitions and underwater demolitions while in the U.S. Army.

RACKSTRAW's military record discloses he was forced to resign his first lieutenant's commission in June, 1971, and he was extremely bitter over his severance. His descrip- tion and sketch of NORJAK subject are very similar. When arrested by the FBI in February, 1978, he admitted to the arresting agent that he would be fully capable of successfully

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1 - Bureau (2) - Seattle (164-81)(Enc. 2)[handwritten annotation] 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 2 - St. Louis (164-63) 3 - Sacramento (2 - 164-50)

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED _Q__ FILED ___ MAR 8 1978

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DB Cooper-15959

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