MemoTo SAC Seattle re NORJAK lead from Olympia source claiming UNSUB is in Lake Merwin7 August 19891 page
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Part 49, page 326

DB Cooper-20469Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-9015

Document date 7 August 1989

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Memorandum

To : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P) Date 8/7/89 From : SA [REDACTED] Subject: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

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Re UNSUB; [REDACTED] - SOURCE (UNSOLVED MYSTERIES).

As a result of a recent broadcast of the television show, "Unsolved Mysteries," [REDACTED] of Olympia, Washington, telephone number [REDACTED] advised that she believed UNSUB was in Lake Merwin. She stated that there is a gate opening leading from Lake Merwin to the Columbia River.

Lake Merwin is near the drop zone where UNSUB is believed to have parachuted on the night of 11/24/71. Part of the NOJAK ransom money was found in the Columbia River.

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LEAD:

SEATTLE DIVISION

AT OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON

[REDACTED] Will contact [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and determine from her any information she may have concerning captioned matter. Specifically, she should be interviewed concerning her knowledge of Lake Merwin and a connection between Lake Merwin and the Columbia River.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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[handwritten] 164A-81-9015 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ AUG 10 1989 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-20469