MemoSAC Portland to SAC Seattle re interview of Lake Merwin witness25 April 1979page 1 of 2
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Part 96, page 239

DB Cooper-43164Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1752, SE 164-81

Document date 25 April 1979

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 239 (DB Cooper-43164), Memo, dated 25 Apr 1979, serial PD 164-41-1752 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/239

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 4/25/79

SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

NORJAK (A) (OO: Seattle) BuFile 164-2111

Re [REDACTED]

Re Seattle letter to Portland dated 3/6/79.

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[REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] was interviewed at his place of employment, [REDACTED], Washington, [REDACTED], Portland, Oregon, telephone [REDACTED], on 4/23/79, at which time he furnished the following information:

For several years during the late 60's and early 70's, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of Southwest Washington. He [REDACTED]. He worked [REDACTED] and accumulated a little money. Everything he owns, he has worked very hard for. He has all of his bank records, his employment records, and his tax records which will show his financial structure.

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On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, the day of the hijacking in this matter, he was contacted by telephone at approximately 3:00 p.m., by a young man, whose father-in-law is one (FNU) [REDACTED] who lives near Kelso, Washington. The son-in-law advised that his father-in-law had gone fishing on Lake Merwin, and had not returned as he had said he would. The young man said he had notified local authorities that he considered his father-in-law to be in trouble, but they would do nothing until the father-in-law had been missing for a longer time. The young man stated to [REDACTED] that it was not like his father-in-law to be gone without letting his daughter know, and so they knew something had happened to him.

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2 - Seattle 2 - Portland RPH: [REDACTED] (4)

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164-41-1752 DB Cooper-43164