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Memorandum

To : SAC, MILWAUKEE (164A-36) (P) Date 6/27/88

From : SA REUBEN M. HERRMANN

Subject: NORJAK; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE

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Re Milwaukee airtel to the Bureau, dated 6/9/88.

On 6/16/88, MICHAEL RAASCH, Chief of Police, Coon Valley, Wisconsin, was contacted regarding any knowledge he has of the family of MERLIN GENE COOPER, a white male, born 7/8/34 and/or any of [REDACTED] who might reside in Coon Valley at the present time, or who may have resided in the area at any point in the past. RAASCH advised that he has lived his entire life in Coon Valley, Wisconsin and he has never heard of any [REDACTED] living in the area.

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On 6/16/88, [REDACTED] (protect identity), [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Wisconsin, was contacted. [REDACTED] stated that MERLIN GENE COOPER was [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. She explained that COOPER married [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. She stated that [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. They were married at Decorah, Iowa. At the time they were married, COOPER was in the U.S. Air Force, and immediately after [REDACTED] and MERLIN were married they went to Europe, where he was assigned duties as an air traffic controller. Upon his release from military service in 1955 (approximate) MERLIN and [REDACTED] moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where MERLIN was employed as an air traffic controller at Truax Field. [REDACTED] stated that COOPER was almost continuously unfaithful to [REDACTED], and in [REDACTED] filed for a divorce.

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A review of plaintiff and defendant file number [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] Circuit Court reveals that [REDACTED] was divorced from MERLIN on [REDACTED]. At that time, MERLIN COOPER was residing at Truax Park, Number 6-M, Madison. Wisconsin.

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(2)- Milwaukee (164A-36) [REDACTED]

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C/A

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DB Cooper-43687