AirtelSAC Seattle to Director re NORJAK suspect (Merrill Lynch account, 101st Airborne background)20 May 1988page 3 of 4
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Part 49, page 76

DB Cooper-20165Serials SE 164-81

Document date 20 May 1988

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 76 (DB Cooper-20165), Airtel, dated 20 May 1988, serial SE 164-81-8917 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/76

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SE 164A-81

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[REDACTED] in regard to [REDACTED] that he [REDACTED] On 5/14/87, [REDACTED] was interviewed by Special Agents of the FBI. He stated that he had lived in the Vancouver, Washington area from 1967 to 1974, working as a [REDACTED] at CROWN ZELLERBACH and ALCOA. He advised that he had not done any skydiving since 1959, and that he had made 10-11 jumps in the military with the 101st Airborne Division. [REDACTED] was released from the VANCOUVER JAIL on [REDACTED] The authorities in New Jersey refused extradition.

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After being interviewed, [REDACTED] provided Major Case Prints to Agents of the FBI. These prints were forwarded to the Latent Fingerprint Section of the FBI Laboratory, where they were compared with the NORJAK parcels obtained at the time of the hijacking. The FBI Laboratory advised by letter, dated 6/26/87, that the previously reported and unidentified latent prints in this case are not the fingerprints or palm prints of [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] was interviewed by Agents of the FBI from the Sacramento Division. [REDACTED] stated that regarding a possible MERRILL LYNCH Account, belonging to [REDACTED] this could be a property settlement that [REDACTED] received after [REDACTED] He told her that he received [REDACTED] in funds, which he put into a MERRILL LYNCH account in the Bay area. He referred to this as his [REDACTED] which he could not touch until age 50½, without paying tax penalties. [REDACTED] also advised concerning the possibility that [REDACTED] might be D.B. COOPER, that [REDACTED] seemed to have a great and continuing interest in the folklore surrounding COOPER. [REDACTED] was an avid fisherman and hunter and told her he was very familiar with the terrain around Mount St. Helens. He always read a lot and paid attention of the media comments and stories about COOPER.

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[REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] did not have any real tattoos, but she did recall he had one [REDACTED] [REDACTED] On November 3rd, and later on November 24, 1987, [REDACTED] advised upon viewing the 1969 arrest photo, and the 1971 sketch of UNSUB, that there did appear to be an uncanny strong resemblance between the two.

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According to [REDACTED] smoked heavily, about 3 packs a day, up until about March, 1984, and then quit "cold turkey". He always smoked filtered cigarettes usually KENTS, and did not smoke RALEIGH's ever (to her recollection).

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DB Cooper-20165

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