5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
December 15, 1971
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Via	AIRTEL	(Type in plaintext or code) AIRMAIL
(Priority)
TO	: SAC, NEWARK (164-196)
FROM	:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
RE: DOUGLAS COOPER
witnesses at Seattle who advise COOPER is not identical
Photograph of DOUGLAS COOPER exhibited to
with Unsub in this matter.
2 -	Newark
2 - New York (164-627)
2 -	Norfolk (164-41)
2 - WFO	(164-169)

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2 - Seattle JSD: kdl
(10)	Sub. 96
164-81-1216

Approved:
Sent M Per
DB COOPER-45393
Special Agent in Charge
WY U.
96
164-81-1216

Approved:
Sent M Per
DB COOPER-45393
Special Agent in Charge
WY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135OFTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR ( CFR) 301-11.6 UNITED STATES GO NMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
DATE: 12/9/71
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Re: DOUGLAS COOPER, Sub. 96
On 12/9/71 witness CORD SPRECKEL, advised that based on the three photographs shown him of the suspectCOOPER he could not positively eliminate COOPER as a suspect if the possibility the skyjacker wore a hair piece is considered. He said that he could not positively identify the photo of COOPER as the skyjacker, but felt there was similarity.
Sub. 96 164-81-116
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5010-100
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45394OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1862 EDITION CSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 12/9/71
FROM
: SA
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SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 15/0/09
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE: 12/9/71
FROM
: SA
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SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 15/0/09
SA
contacted b6
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telephone
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telephone
SA exhibited to a group of photographs, including that of DOUGLAS COOPER a suspect
in the instant matter.
eliminated this suspect, based upon his recollection of the hijacker in this case. b6
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2-164-81 ce 1-164-81 Sub 96 CNG (3)
Sub. 96 164-81-938
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DEC $ 1971 FBI-StALITE
JIS.
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45395MRØ2 NF PLAIN
Sub 96
530 PM IMMEDIATE .12/8/71 JMF TO DIRECTOR (164-1111) CLEVELAND NEWARK SEATTLE b6 b7C
FROM NORFOLK (164-41) 4P
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO, SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE; DASH SUSPECT. b6
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RE SEATTLE LETTER TO ALBANY NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST WITH COPIES TO ALL OFFICES, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THIR DLAST, AND NORFOLK TLEPHONE CALL TO BUREAU DECEMBER SEVEN LAST.
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RE SEATTLE LETTER TO ALBANY NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST WITH COPIES TO ALL OFFICES, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THIR DLAST, AND NORFOLK TLEPHONE CALL TO BUREAU DECEMBER SEVEN LAST. FOR THE. INFORMATION OF CLEVELAND, DOUGLAS COOPER, CURRENTLY NEWPORT
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RESIDING NEWS, VIRGINIA,
END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED INDEXED SEMALIZED FILED DEC (8 1971 FBI . SEATTLE 9
DB COOPER-45396PAGE TWO
COOPER'S CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AT CLAYTON'S MEN'S STORE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA., AS A SALESMAN, VERIFIED, AND RESIDENCE ABOVE
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COOPER'S EMPLOYER, HAS VERIFIED .COOPER'S b6 PRESENCE AT CLAYTON'S UNTIL SIX PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR
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. HAVE EACH STATED THAT THEY WERE IN THE COMPANY OF COOPER ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST AT .FORT .MONROE, VA., UNTIL APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN PM.
INTERVIEWED DECEMBER THIRD LAST AS A SUSPECT AND DENIED TELEPHONIC CONTACT WITH b6
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REINTERVIEWED ON DECEMBER SEVEN LAST AND FURNISHED THE :NAME OF/ A ,MAN
DESCRIBED b6 ONE WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY
YEARS OF AGE, b7D
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FIVE FEET NINE AND ONE HALF INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY, LBS,
DARK BROWN HAIR RECEDING, OLIVE COMPLEXION,
END PAGE: TWO
DB
A ,MAN
DESCRIBED b6 ONE WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY
YEARS OF AGE, b7D
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FIVE FEET NINE AND ONE HALF INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY, LBS,
DARK BROWN HAIR RECEDING, OLIVE COMPLEXION,
END PAGE: TWO
DB COOPER-45397PAGE THREE
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ON INSTANT DATE,
OBSERVATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH OF
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BEARS GENERAL RESEMBLANCE TO ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER. b7D END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-45398PAGE FOUR
UACB OR BY OFFICE OF ORIGIN, CLEVELAND SHOULD CONDUCT DISCREET
b6 INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF
AND BY CONTACT WITH
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS
DETERMINE IF WAS AT WORK
DURING THE CRITICAL HOURS' OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING. NEWARK SHOULD RECONTACT
TO DETERMINE IF
PHOTOGRAPH OF BEING SENT I0'00 BY AIR MAIL SPECIAL
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DELIVERY.
UNSUB IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTORTION OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES BY THREAT- ENING THE CREW OF THE AIRLINE WITH A PACKAGE WHICH HE STATED CONTAINED A BOMB: UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. P. END AVAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45399 10
AR 007 MP PLAIN
5:41 PM NITEL 12/7/71 CMH
TO
DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SUB - TICKET " - EVIDENCE
LAS VEGAS NEWARK NEW YORK, (164-627) NORFOLK
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45399 10
AR 007 MP PLAIN
5:41 PM NITEL 12/7/71 CMH
TO
DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SUB - TICKET " - EVIDENCE
LAS VEGAS NEWARK NEW YORK, (164-627) NORFOLK
, PORTLAND
RICHMOND
SEATTLE (164-81) SPRINGFIELD (164-31) WFO HOUSTON FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
Ben Leibsan -50 - EG .- Daniel C. Cooper - 65 Donald bli Bumante
Douglas Cooper b6 96 b7C Ronald Lee white - 70
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, SEATTLE DB COOPER-45400
NITEL NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST AND SPRINGFIELD TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER ONE LAST. END PAGE ONE
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sub 96 164-81-790
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1/20NRØØ7NK PLAIN

407PM URGENT	12-6-71 MLC
TO DIRECTOR	(164-2111)
NEW YORK
SEATTLE
FROM NEWARK	(164-196) 2P

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIR LINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR,
MLC
TO DIRECTOR	(164-2111)
NEW YORK
SEATTLE
FROM NEWARK	(164-196) 2P

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIR LINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, LAST, CAA-HIJACKING, (00: SEATTLE).
RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, DECEMBER THREE, LAST.
ON DECEMBER SIX, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE,
, ADVISED THAT
ADVISED THAT HE
WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT COOPER LOOKED LIKE
.
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HE ADVISED NO FURTHER TELEPHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN END PAGE, ONE
Sub. 96 164-81-695
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DB COOPER-45403NK 164-196
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RECEIVED BUT THE CALLS FROM COOPER HE DID RECEIVE WERE FROM A SOFT SPOKEN INDIVIDUAL WITH NO PARTICULAR ACCENT. , ALSO
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STATED THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS SOFT SPOKEN AND HAD NO ACCENT.
CONSIDER UNKNOWN SUBJECT DANGEROUS.
END VAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45404NRØØ6 SE PLAIN
5:21 PM NITEL 12/4/71 DCA
TO
NEWARK
NEW YORK
NORFOLK
WFO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
UNSUB, AXA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
NEWARK
NEW YORK
NORFOLK
WFO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
UNSUB, AXA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE : DOUGLAS COOPER. # COOPER HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED AND PHOTOGRAPHED IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. ALL OFFICES HOLD IN ABEYANCE FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONCERNING COOPER UNTIL PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO WITNESSES. END RVD FB I NEW YORK
sub 96 164-81-627
DB COOPER-45405DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM : EBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE DATE 10-11-2024 BY:
3:20AM 12-4-71 DCW
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3:07AM 12-4-71 URGENT : 12-3-71 MWM
TO
DIRECTOR
ALEXANDRIA (MAIL)
BUTTE
SUSP:
LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS (MAIL) NEWARK NORFOLK (MAIL)' PHOENIX (MAIL)' RICHMOND (MAIL) SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE
SUB
BOEING TECH DATA PARACHUTES.
ALL OFFFICES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00:SE.
RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST; SAN FRANCISCO JELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND
RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST; SAN FRANCISCO JELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND WFO DECEMBER TWO LAST; LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO DECEMBER TWO, LAST; WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREEMARCHED. INSTANT; NEWARK TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND OTHERS DECEMBER THREE INSTANT. END PAGE ONE 3
Sub. 96
164-81-640

INDEXED
SERIALIZED 1124 FILED
DEC. 41971 FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-45406