MemoTo SAC Seattle re NORJAK note found in bottle, Subs J and R5 December 19741 page
memoLegibility: high

Part 73, page 190

DB Cooper-31526Serials 164-2111, 164-31, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6390

Document date 5 December 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 p. 190 (DB Cooper-31526), Memo, dated 5 Dec 1974, serial SE 164-81-6390 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-73/pages/190

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-31) (P) 12/5/74

SA [REDACTED] [signature illegible]

NORJAK [signature illegible] OO: SEATTLE BUfile 164-2111

RE: SUB J - MISCELLANEOUS PERSONS SUB R - MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS

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On 11/12/73, [REDACTED] turned over to Special Agent [REDACTED] a note which he found in a bottle at Belbay and Chegy Road in northern Washington.

The note read as follows, "dated 11/12/72, in 1970 I stole more money than you would believe!, then parachuted and escaped 3.6 million dollars of unmarked one hundred dollar bills has been hidden somewhere in Bellingham, WA direction, train tunnel #21 north going south under tie #4. Yours truly, COOPER"

The above letter is being retained in the 1A portion of Seattle file 164-81 and the above informa- tion is included here for information purposes only.

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ARMED & DANGEROUS

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3 - Seattle (3)

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[handwritten] Such R.

164-81-6390 [stamp] SEARCHED _____ SERIALIZED _____ [illegible] FBI-SEATTLE

DB Cooper-31526