Part 92, page 37

DB Cooper-40902Serials MP 164-73, NK 164-196, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-460, SE 164-81

Document date 15 December 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 92, page 37 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 92 p. 37 (DB Cooper-40902), Teletype, dated 15 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-460 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-92/pages/37

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

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

#003

FBI

Date: 12/15/71

Transmit the following in __PLAINTEXT__ (Type in plaintext or code) Via __TELETYPE__ URGENT (Priority)

---

TO: SEATTLE (164-81) NEWARK (164-196) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 2 pages

---

NORJAK

SUSPECT: JOHN EMIL LIST

[REDACTED] OREGON, FORWARDED TO EDITOR OF LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER, NEWSPAPER, LAKEVIEW, OREGON, PICTURE OF SUSPECT WITH OPINION HE RESEMBLES ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB.

LIST IS SUBJECT IN UFAP - MURDER CASE, OO: NEWARK, FILE EIGHT EIGHT DASH EIGHT FOUR SIX EIGHT, AND IS DESCRIBED AS DOB SEPTEMBER SEVENTEEN TWENTYFIVE, SIX FEET, ONE EIGHTY POUNDS, STRAIGHT BLACK GRAYING HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION, WEARS GLASSES, COLOR EYES NOT GIVEN. HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN.

---

1 - Newark (88-8468)(AM) (2)- Portland (1)- 164-41) (1 - 88-6967)

NBB:lbt (3)

Approved: _____________ Sent _________ SEE ABOVE Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-40902

---

[handwritten] 42[illegible] 4 [handwritten] 41[illegible] 4 [handwritten] 42[illegible] 4 [handwritten] b6 b7C [handwritten] 164-41- 460

AI notes

Commentary by the AI model that transcribed this page. It may bring in context the page itself does not state. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated December 15, 1971, marked plaintext and urgent priority. Message number #003. Routing information showing the teletype was sent from Portland field office to Seattle, Newark, and Minneapolis offices with their respective case file numbers. Handwritten annotations appear next to each recipient office. NORJAK teletype identifying John Emil List as a suspect. Someone in Oregon forwarded a picture of List to the editor of Lake County Examiner newspaper in Lakeview, Oregon, believing List resembles the artist's sketch of the NORJAK unsub. List is described as a subject in a UFAP (Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution) murder case out of Newark, file 88-8468, with DOB September 17, 1925, six feet tall, 180 pounds, straight black graying hair, fair complexion, wears glasses, eye color not given, present whereabouts unknown. Distribution list and administrative footer. Copies sent to Newark and Portland offices. Drafted by agent with initials NBB, typed by lbt. Bates stamp DB Cooper-40902 at bottom right. Handwritten case number 164-41-460 visible in right margin area. Handwritten annotations in margins including routing checkmarks/numbers next to each recipient office, FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C on the right margin, and a case sub-file number 164-41-460.

Some handwritten annotations in margins and bottom portion
Redacted block visible below suspect name

Part 92, page 37

People

Places

Dates mentioned

Transcript