Part 53, page 93

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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) (Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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Search resumes for D. B. Cooper

The search for any trace of the parachuting airline hi- jacker known as D. B. Coop- er has been resumed by the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion in Southwest Washing- ton.

Army troops were assist- ing the F. B. I. yesterday in a search of land around Lake Merwin on the bounda- ry line between Cowlitz and Clark Counties.

N. Earl Milnes, special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the F. B. I., confirmed that the F. B. I. was continuing its investiga- tion and the Army was as- sisting in a terrain search.

He would not say how many troops were involved, where they were from, how long they had been there or how long they planned to stay.

A Portland television sta- tion reported an Army guard was turning away cars in the Lake Merwin area yester- day.

A man using the name D. B. Cooper hijacked a North- west Orient Airlines 727 last November 24 on a flight from Portland to Seattle and demanded and received $200,000 in ransom money and four parachutes. He re-

leased the passengers in Seattle and ordered the crew to fly him to Reno.

When the plane arrived in Reno the hijacker was gone. He was believed to have bailed out over Clark Coun- ty. A search of the area af- ter the hijacking produced no trace of him.

F. B. I. officials have felt that the chances were mini- mal for the hijacker to sur-

vive the jump in near-zero temperature and his body and the $200,000 could be in the surrounding hills.

Earlier this year, the F. B. I. said it planned to resume its search of the area as soon as warm weather re- turned.

Asked if they had found any trace of the man called Cooper, an F. B. I. official said:

"We'll let you know."

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p.H7 Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.

Date: 3/22/72 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Harry [guess: McLeod] Title: NORJAK

Character: CAA-HIJACKING or Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle

[ ] Being Investigated

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COPY SENT TO BUREAU 164-81- [illegible] SEARCHED ......INDEXED ...... SERIALIZED ......FILED ...... MAR 2 4 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-22431