MemoSAC Sacramento to SAC San Francisco re Geddes Eugene Harper, with photograph and San Francisco lead24 July 1989page 1 of 2
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Part 97, page 252

DB Cooper-43790Serials PD 164-41, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SF 164-220

Document date 24 July 1989

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Memorandum

To : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) Date 7/24/89

From : SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (RUC)

Subject: NORJAK

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Enclosed for San Francisco is a blow-up of a color photograph of GEDDES EUGENE HARPER taken at HARPER'S wedding, Eugene, Oregon, July of 1963.

For information of San Francisco, on 6/26/89, contact was made with [REDACTED] (protect identity per request) who is a [REDACTED], Redding, California. [REDACTED] advised that he had been advised by the FBI, Pennelton, Oregon (SA MIKE MC PHETERS) and by an Oregonian newspaper [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to relate to the FBI in Redding, California his, and [REDACTED], belief that a former [REDACTED], GEDDES EUGENE HARPER closely resembles the composite photograph which has been shown on a number of occasions in newspapers. In addition, HARPER'S background and lifestyle also fits the type of individual who would commit such a crime as the one committed in captioned matter.

[REDACTED] advised that HARPER was born on 6/20/41 and as noted from the color photograph in 1963, always looked much older than his age. He was in the U.S. Army, 101 Airborne Division, and was extremely unpredictable, having been known out of moving cars and to do numerous other crazy stunts.

HARPER died at Roseburg, Oregon on 10/27/83 of alcoholic hepatitis.

In 1971 when captioned matter occurred, he would [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is supposedly [REDACTED] and currently [REDACTED] in Fortuna, California. [REDACTED], first name unknown [REDACTED] supposedly still lives in Eureka, California.

GEDDES [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who still live in Eureka, California.

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2-San Francisco (Enc. 2) 1-Portland (164-41) (Info.) 1-Seattle (164-81) (Info.) 1-Sacramento [REDACTED] (5)

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