MemoTo SAC Minneapolis re NWA employee naming former Northwest Airlines worker as possible Cooper18 December 19751 page
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Part 78, page 331

DB Cooper-34205Serials MP 164-73, MP 164-73-530

Document date 18 December 1975

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

TO : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) DATE: 12/18/75

FROM : SC [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK

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[REDACTED] advised he is [REDACTED] with Northwest Airlines. He related the following story to [REDACTED] at NWA, and [REDACTED] advised that he relate it to the FBI.

He said he knows of a man who used to work as [REDACTED] for NWA who may be D. B. COOPER. The man is [REDACTED] and he was always based in Seattle and probably still lives there. [REDACTED] saw him a few days ago [REDACTED] in the Hyatt House near the airport in Seattle. He was "in the sauce" at the time. Employees of the Hyatt House said he hangs around there every night. [REDACTED] talked with him a bit and asked him what he was doing. [REDACTED] said he was not doing anything and thought he would go to Portland. When he left he got into a 1975 blue Continental. [REDACTED] said he had no visible means of support.

[REDACTED] did not at first recognize [REDACTED]. He said [REDACTED] left NWA [REDACTED] however he could not remember when this was. He does not know if [REDACTED] was fired or left for his own reasons. [REDACTED] himself was based in Seattle from [REDACTED] and knew [REDACTED] at that time. He said five years ago [REDACTED] would have fit the description of COOPER because he was thin, dark, and always had a thin-line mustache. [REDACTED] looks quite different now, principally because he has put on quite a bit of weight. He said he is dark, Mexican-looking, heavy black beard, 40 to 45 years old, 5' 10" to 6', dark hair, dark eyes. He said [REDACTED] knows enough about the company that he would have been able to pull it off and he always had larceny in his heart. NWA may have a picture of the man.

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(2) - Minneapolis (1) [REDACTED] - search info to [REDACTED] (2) [REDACTED] photos of [REDACTED]

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