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FD-204 (Ret. 3-3-59) ye Copy to: 1 - USA, Seattle 1 - USA, Portland Report of: SA Office: Seattle, Washington b6 Date: 5/31/77 . BIC Field Office File #: 164-81 Bureau File #; 164-2111 Title: NORJAK Character: CRIME ABOARD AN AITRCRAFT- HIJACKING; EXTORTION Synopsis: All investigation to identify unsub to date has UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . been negative. On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper, with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs -Act statutes. Bond fixed at $500,000. The $5,000 reward formerly offered by the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper was withdrawn as of 12/31/76. A manual search of the missing persons indices at FBI Headquarters was conducted based on the presumption that unsub may have parished during the jump and a missing persons report may have been filed with the FBI. Twenty-one possible suspects were developed as a result of this search and they are currently being processed as suspects. Investigation continuing at Seattle and other divisions. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. - Pp- DETAILS : All investigation to identify unsub to date has been negative. . On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act statutes. A bond was fixed at $500,000. By letter, dated 11/30/76, ROBERT E. THOMPSON, Publisher and Editor of the Seattle Post Intelligencer news- paper, advised that he was withdrawing his previous offer of a.$5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of unsub, aka D. B. Cooper. THOMPSON stated the reward would be with- This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-15660 U.S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1970 © - 406-840