Part 70, page 255
DB Cooper-30087Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2609
Document date 30 March 1972
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC (164-81)(P) DATE: 3/30/72 FROM : SA [REDACTED] SuB - M SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
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Spokane, Wash. This confirms our telephoned conversation this date.
At approximately 12:05 p.m. this date the writer received a telephone call in the Spokane RA from a young man who refused to reveal his identity but who advised as follows:
He first wanted to know if there is a reward for the hijack money. He said he can take us to it and even to the room next to where it is maintained. He said he is concerned about prosecution himself as an accessory or having knowledge. He has a bad record. He was in jail when the hijacking took place. He said about 95% of the money is available but he could not tell me how much money in dollars is involved which might indicate he does not know how much was paid in ransom. He wants guarantee of non-prosecution and no publicity. He said the money is not in Spokane and not in this State. He said he is interested in "hard cash" and wants to know how much he can get.
The caller sounded coherent and clear and intelli- gent. He was advised that no figure of reward could be told to him now but that if he assisted in this matter he would be reasonably and profitably compensated.
Later this afternoon, the writer was informed by [REDACTED] the "Spokane Daily Chronicle" that at approximately 12:30 p.m. [REDACTED] of the "Chronicle" received a phone call from a young man who apparently is the same person that called the writer.
This person told [REDACTED] that he knows where the money from the hijacking (he specifically mentioned Portland to Seattle plane) is; that he is not from Spokane; that he is willing to give the paper the story on how it developed;
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings P[lan]
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SEARCHED..........INDEXED...[illegible] SERIALIZED...M...FILED........... MAR 3 0 1972
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