AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re source information on Rackstraw6 February 1979page 1 of 3
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Part 40, page 404

Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8069, SF 164-220

Document date 6 February 1979

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 p. 404, Airtel, dated 6 Feb 1979, serial SE 164-81-8069 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-40/pages/404

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2/6/79

AIRTEL AIR MAIL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

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

RE: NORJAK (A) OO: SE

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ROBERT RACKSTRAW

On 2/5/79, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] telephonically contacted the FBI, San Jose, Calif., and advised that [REDACTED] ROBERT RACKSTRAW. Source stated

[REDACTED] Source advised that he is providing this information to the FBI because he read in the newspaper that RACKSTRAW is possibly identical to D.B. COOPER, the man who hijacked an airliner in 1971 and thought that the FBI would possibly want to talk [REDACTED] concerning RACKSTRAW's activities.

The source requested that his identity be protected [REDACTED]

On 2/5/79, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] California, telephone [REDACTED] appeared at the San Jose FBI Resident Agency and provided the following information:

[REDACTED] met ROBERT RACKSTRAW during [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Recently [REDACTED] saw a picture of RACKSTRAW in the paper and identified him [REDACTED]

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(2) - Seattle 2 - San Francisco WRS:rvs (4)

[Handwritten] Sub 9335

164-81-8069

SEARCHED __ INDEXED SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] FEB 9 1979 FBI — SEATTLE