MemoSA Himmelsbach to SAC Portland re Marion County lead on pre-hijack plan6 October 1978page 1 of 3
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Part 96, page 199

DB Cooper-43119Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1722

Document date 6 October 1978

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SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

10/6/78

SA RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH

NORJAK (A) (OO: Seattle)

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On 9/14/78, Detective [REDACTED], Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), Salem, Oregon, furnished the follow- ing information:

[REDACTED] has advised him [REDACTED] that he has a man in mind who may have been involved in captioned violation. [REDACTED] agreed to make [REDACTED] available for interview, and on the same date accompanied the Agent to [REDACTED] residence for the following interview:

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[REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, telephone no. [REDACTED], furnished the following information:

In early 1971, [REDACTED] in the Portland area. During that period, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] an old bootlegger, long since deceased, and they were living in North Portland. [REDACTED] by the name of [REDACTED] told him that a mutual acquaintance, one [REDACTED] was interested in talking to him. The next time [REDACTED] came to Portland, he [REDACTED] rode back to Salem with [REDACTED] in the latter's new Japanese car. On the way, [REDACTED] told him that he had a plan to hijack an airliner. He said that the hijacker would board an airliner and bail out in a parachute somewhere over southwest Washington state. He seemed to remember that the Longview and Kelso area was a possible area of the hijacker involved in the plan. [REDACTED] wanted someone

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(3) - Portland

164-41-1722

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DB Cooper-43119