AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re source information on Rackstraw6 February 1979page 1 of 3
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Part 42, page 251

DB Cooper-16981Serials SE 164-81, SF 164-220

Document date 6 February 1979

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FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date: 2/6/79

Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL (Precedence)

------------------------------------------- TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

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

RE: NORJAK (A) OO: SE

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# 933

ROBERT RACKSTRAW

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

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent __________ M

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[SEARCHED] [INDEXED] [SERIALIZED] [FILED] FEB 9 1979

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DB Cooper-16981