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FD-36 (Rev. 8-29-85) FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☒ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 7/22/88

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1 TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)

2 FROM: SAC, MILWAUKEE (164A-36)(MRA)(P)

3 NORJAK; CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; 4 OO: SEATTLE

5 Re Milwaukee airtel, 6/9/88, captioned as above.

6 On 6/16/88, MICHAEL RAASCH, Chief of Police, Coon Valley, b6 Wisconsin, advised that he has lived his entire life in Coon b7C 7 Valley, Wisconsin and has never heard of any family named [REDACTED] living in that area.

8 On the same date, [REDACTED] (protect identity), 9 [REDACTED] Wisconsin, advised that MERLIN GENE COOPER was [REDACTED] b6 10 She explained that COOPER married [REDACTED] b7C on [REDACTED] at Decorah, Iowa. At the time of the marriage COOPER b7D 11 was in the U.S. Air Force and immediately following the marriage and MERLIN went to Europe, where COOPER was assigned 12 duties as an Air Traffic Controller. Upon his release from military service in 1955 (approximate), MERLIN and [REDACTED] moved 13 to Madison, Wisconsin, where MERLIN was employed as an Air Traffic Controller at Truax Field. COOPER was almost continuously 14 unfaithful to [REDACTED] and in [REDACTED] filed for divorce.

15 A review of plaintiff and defendant file, [REDACTED] in b6 [REDACTED] Circuit Court, reveals that [REDACTED] was b7C 16 divorced from MERLIN on [REDACTED]. At that time MERLIN COOPER was residing at Truax Park, #6-M, Madison, Wisconsin. The file 17 reflects that MERLIN and [REDACTED], born [REDACTED].

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2-Bureau (16 2-Seattle (2)-Milwaukee

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Approved:

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DB Cooper-43690