AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas re NORJAK suspect lead (serial 164A-41-1925)3 December 19851 page
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Part 97, page 90

Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1925, SE 164-81

Document date 3 December 1985

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 90, Airtel, dated 3 Dec 1985, serial PD 164-41-1925 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/90

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FD-36 (Rev. 8-26-82)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 12/3/85

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TO: SAC, LAS VEGAS

FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE BUfile 164-2111

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On 12/2/85 [REDACTED] "Star Magazine" New York City, telephonically contacted SA RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH (retired), former Portland Case Agent in this matter, to furnish the following information:

He has been approached by one [REDACTED], a current [REDACTED] Reno, Nevada, who advised [REDACTED] that a [REDACTED], currently [REDACTED] (a separate institution) in lieu of [REDACTED] had confessed to [REDACTED] that he is the perpetrator of captioned hijacking. [REDACTED] claimed that [REDACTED] furnished details of the skyjacking, his injuries suffered in the parachute landing, his loss of part of the ransom, his rescue by a miner, and subsequent return to his state of origin, Louisiana. [REDACTED] claimed previous service as a U.S. Army parachutist early in the Vietnam War.

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LEADS

LAS VEGAS

AT RENO, NEVADA. Will fully identify suspect, [REDACTED] and determine whether he might be a viable suspect in this matter.

2-Las Vegas 2-Seattle (164-81) 2-Portland

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RPH (6)

Approved: _____________ Transmitted _____________ Per 164A-41-1925 (Number) (Time) Searched Serialized Indexed Filed