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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) DATE: 8/11/72

FROM : SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C SUBJECT: NORJAK

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On 8/10/72, [REDACTED] California, advised he is currently employed as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Burbank, California [REDACTED]. He advised that he desires that his identity remain confidential.

[REDACTED] advised that he considers [REDACTED] [REDACTED] a logical suspect in connection with this crime. He based this suspicion on the following reasons:

1. The skyjacker used the fictitious name D.B. COOPER. He stated that there is a [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] He stated that [REDACTED] and might possibly concoct the name D.B. COOPER through use of these [REDACTED]

2. [REDACTED] is a parachute enthusiast and has jumped many times at Elsinore, California. He stated that although [REDACTED] was formerly in the U.S. Marine Corps, he has only jumped since he became a civilian.

3. Newspaper articles regarding the hijacking indicate that a [REDACTED] was a passenger on the skyjacked airplane. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (possibly spelled [REDACTED], who three or four years ago lived on [REDACTED] just south of [REDACTED] was employed by a [REDACTED] (name not recalled). He stated that as he recalled, [REDACTED] was about the same age as [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

4. [REDACTED] employed by the [REDACTED] and he would have had sufficient time over the Thanksgiving holiday to have committed the crime.

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LSH/kah

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savi[ngs Plan] DB Cooper-24644

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