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Memorandum

To : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81)(P) Date 7/18/81 From : SA [REDACTED] Subject : NORJAK(A) OO: Seattle

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Re Seattle memo of SA [REDACTED] 6/5/81.

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On 6/23/81, Sheriff Bill Closner, Skamania County Sheriff's Office, Stevenson, Washington, advised he wished to contact the Stevenson [REDACTED] who originally provided him with the information concerning [REDACTED] as a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper matter. He said the [REDACTED] was not currently available.

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On 7/6/81, Sheriff Closner, supra, advised he had con- tacted the [REDACTED] who indicated he had no objections if the FBI interviewed [REDACTED] the original source of information in this matter. Sheriff Closner said he would attempt to set up an appointment with [REDACTED] who was not retired, and then advise the FBI.

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On 7/16/81, Sheriff Closner, supra, stated he had been unable to locate [REDACTED] in White Salsom, Washington or elsewhere. He said the [REDACTED] would be willing to the FBI however.

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On 7/16/81, [REDACTED] Stevenson, Wash., telephone [REDACTED] voluntarily appeared in the Skamania County Sheriff's Office, Stevenson, Washington, and provided the following information:

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He heard from [REDACTED] who is a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] living in the White Salmon area that [REDACTED] an ex-resident of [REDACTED] (a rural area of Skamania County, Washington), was taking sky-diving lessons at the Evergreen Landing Strip in Vancouver, Washington shortly before the hi-jacking of an aircraft by D.B. Cooper. He also heard from [REDACTED] that the night before or the night of the Cooper hi-jacking, [REDACTED] was supposed to attend a dinner party in [REDACTED] but called to say he would be unable to attend because he had injured his back sky-diving and was in a hospital.

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2 - Seattle JTG/jg SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JUL 22 1981 DB Cooper-18881