Part 71, page 248

DB Cooper-30519Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1693

Document date 5 January 1972

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 1/5/72

Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority)

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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-) DAILY TELETYPE NORJAK.

[REDACTED] NAMED AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] b6 b7C SOURCE, LOCATED AT [REDACTED] b7D

REVIEW OF PASSPORT OFFICE RECORDS AT SEATTLE UNABLE TO LOCATE RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] BY PASSPORT NUMBER. b7C

[REDACTED] NORTHWEST b6 AIRLINES, ARRIVED IN SEATTLE THIS DATE WITH INSTANT b7C AIRCRAFT.

CONFERENCE HELD WITH [REDACTED] AND PLANS b6 MADE FOR DROPPING OF DUMMY FROM AIRCRAFT DURING TEST b7C FLIGHT ON JANUARY SIX NEXT. DUMMY BEING PREPARED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL TO AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE SIMULATE CONDITIONS AS THEY WERE BELIEVED TO EXIST WHEN UNSUB LEFT AIRCRAFT.

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Sub .O 164-81-1693

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JSD:klb (2)

Approved: _______________ Sent ___________M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-30519

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Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 5, 1972, transmitted via NITEL priority teletype. FBI Seattle daily teletype to Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual was named as a possible suspect by a redacted source. Passport office records in Seattle were reviewed but no identifiable record was found. A representative from Northwest Airlines arrived in Seattle with the actual aircraft. A conference was held and plans were made to drop a dummy from the aircraft during a test flight on January 6, 1972. The dummy was being prepared by Northwest Airlines and Air Force personnel to simulate conditions believed to exist when the unsub (unidentified subject) left the aircraft. Handwritten sub-file number notation. Form footer with dictator/typist initials JSD:klb, copy count (2), approval line, and DB Cooper collection identifier 30519.

Several redacted (blacked-out) sections marked b6, b7C, b7D

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