AirtelSAC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspect James Bryant Coffelt (file copy)27 May 19801 page
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Part 44, page 237

DB Cooper-18096Serials 164-2111, LA 164-497, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-5412

Document date 27 May 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 p. 237 (DB Cooper-18096), Airtel, dated 27 May 1980, serial SE 164-81-5412 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-44/pages/237

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS 5/27/80 Date ____________

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (3)(RUC)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle

Sub-Reference: JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, aka [REDACTED]

The following information is set forth for the information of the Bureau and receiving offices in the event [REDACTED] should contact Seattle or Portland in the future:

On 5/22/80, [REDACTED] Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, telephone number 974-3685, telephonically contacted SA [REDACTED] stated that during the evening hours of 2/11/80, the residence of [REDACTED] Encino, California, was set on fire. In connection with the fire on 2/11/80, arson investigators found gasoline cans in the residence and evidence that gasoline had been poured on the carpets throughout the residence. Because the house was tightly closed it only partially burned. A security guard was retained by [REDACTED] to protect the residence. The following night the residence burned again and the security guard, who was chosen at random, admitted to setting the fire. He denied being initially involved.

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2 - Bureau 1 - Portland (164-41) (Info) (2) - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Los Angeles

JCA/dmg (6)

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[handwritten] 164-81-5412 SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... [illegible] MAY 31 1980 FBI - SEATTLE

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Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402

DB Cooper-18096