ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Burbank Studios checks and related leads
Document date 7 January 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-10:132-135 Document: Airtel ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Burbank Studios checks and related leads Id: Cooper-Part-10:132-135 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A132-135 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 pp. 132–135 (DB Cooper-1356–1359), Airtel, dated 7 Jan 1977, serial PD 164-41-1608 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A132-135
FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Date: 1/7/77
Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL AIR MAIL Via ___________ (Precedence)
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: ADIC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) RE: NORJAK OO: Seattle
RE: UNSUB: [REDACTED - b6, b7C, b7D]
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Re Los Angeles airtel to Seattle dated 11/15/76, and Minneapolis letter to Seattle dated 12/22/76.
For the information of Portland, on 12/16/76, [REDACTED] in this matter, advised the Minneapolis FBI that on [REDACTED] /76, [REDACTED] individual who identified himself as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Los Angeles, California. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] thought the above call may have been a prank, but thought it should be reported.
On 1/3/77, [REDACTED] Alan Landsburg Productions, 9200 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, advised he knew of no one by the name of [REDACTED] and no one by this name was working on a television documentary entitled, "Still At Large," which Warner Brothers is currently making regarding the Hijacker, D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] also stated the documentary is not being filmed at Warner Brothers and does not maintain office space at Warner Brothers.
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Seattle Portland (164-41) Los Angeles
CIS/aml. (6) Approved: _______ Special Agent in Charge Sent: _______
DB Cooper-1356
[STAMP] SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JAN 13 1977
164-41-1608
LA 164-497
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On 1/3/77, [REDACTED] Burbank Studios of Warner Brothers - Columbia Studios, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, advised he had never heard of [REDACTED] and a review of available records failed to identify anyone by this name as being an employee or tenant on the studio lot. Through inquiry [REDACTED] he determined that the Legal Department of Warner Brothers possibly had information concerning this person.
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On 1/3/77, [REDACTED] Warner Brothers, advised that about the middle of November 1976, [REDACTED] came to Warner Brothers accompanied by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] [REDACTED] could locate COOPER. He said the Statute of Limitations ran against COOPER in November 1976, and did not want to divulge COOPER's location until the statute had run. [REDACTED] wanted to know if Warner Brothers was interested in buying his story and had requested a substantial amount of money.
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[REDACTED] stated Warner Brothers was not interested in his story and declined his offer as they were aware that law enforcement agencies had thoroughly investigated the D. B. COOPER hijacking case apparently without developing a suspect, and it was seriously questioned that [REDACTED] could locate COOPER. [REDACTED] stated he was concerned that [REDACTED] claim was fraudulent.
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He stated that for the above reasons, Warner's had rejected [REDACTED] offer. He added that he had no further information regarding [REDACTED]
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Above information being furnished to each division inasmuch as it appears [REDACTED] the Los Angeles Division may well be the individual identified [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-1357
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b6 b7C b7D
LA 164-497
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[REDACTED] Los Angeles file [REDACTED] captioned, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] indicates that in [REDACTED] a Chevrolet Corvette owned by General Motors Corporation, Los Angeles, was recovered stripped and abandoned in Chicago, Illinois. Investigation revealed that a theft report was filed with the Lyons, Illinois, Police Department by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Chicago. [REDACTED] advised that Police Department that the vehicle had previously been reported stolen to the Los Angeles Police Department and [REDACTED] had recovered it, however, he failed to notify LAPD of this first recovery.
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Investigation at Los Angeles revealed the vehicle had been loaned by General Motors Corporation [REDACTED] on several occasions in [REDACTED] for use [REDACTED] [REDACTED] In [REDACTED] obtained loan of the Corvette from General Motors and after several weeks, General Motors tried unsuccessfully to recover the vehicle. Subsequent investigation by General Motors at that time revealed [REDACTED] had no affiliation with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and had [REDACTED] over all areas of the United States. Negotiations by [REDACTED] to purchase the vehicle were never consummated. He never owned the vehicle per his claim to Lyons, Illinois, Police Department. Assistant U. S. Attorney Chicago, declined prosecution of [REDACTED] and there is no indication in the Los Angeles file that he was interviewed.
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California Law Enforcement Teletype System (CLETS) was checked and revealed a [REDACTED] California Driver's License [REDACTED] and had an address of [REDACTED] California, effective [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He was described as male, born [REDACTED] 175 pounds, [REDACTED] eyes, [REDACTED] hair. [REDACTED] is registered owner of a 1966 Mercedes bearing license [REDACTED] There are no warrants and no criminal history is indicated. He had two traffic citations in [REDACTED] at which time he was driving a 1965 Lincoln bearing license [REDACTED] which is registered to [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] California.
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DB Cooper-1358
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b6 b7C
LA 164-497
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LEAD
LOS ANGELES
AT [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA: Will attempt to locate and interview [REDACTED] regarding any knowledge of D. B. COOPER.
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1359
Serials: LA 164-497, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1608, SE 164-81