San Francisco to Director and Seattle re parachuting association membership records
Document date 26 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 64 pp. 58–60
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-10:496-498 Document: Teletype San Francisco to Director and Seattle re parachuting association membership records Id: Cooper-Part-10:496-498 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A496-498 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. 496–498 (DB Cooper-1733–1734), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-77 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A496-498
NR 005 SF PLAINTEXT 6:35PM URGENT 11/26/71 JAK TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) 3P
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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA - AIR PIRACY.
RE BUREAU TELCALLS, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT.
[REDACTED] U.S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION, SIX FIVE ONE CANNERY ROW, MONTEREY, CALIF., CONTACTED THIS DATE, AND HE ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
THRERE ARE SIXTEEN THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THERE ARE NO PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS IN THE FILE. NAMES OF MEMBERS ARE KEPT ALPHABETICALLY AND THERE IS NO REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF MEMBERS. THIS ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER CALLED, "THE PARACHUTIST," AND THE MAILING LIST FOR THIS PAPER IS BROKEN DOWN BY STATES. ANYONE INTERESTED CAN BELONG TO THIS ASSOCIATION REGARDLESS OF [B] WHETHER THEY ARE PARACHUTISTS OR NOT, AND THE MEMBERSHIP FEE IS FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND TWELVE DOLLARS FOR EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. THE ASSOCIATION HAS APPROXIMATELY A FIFTY PER CENT ATTRITION RATE ANNUALLY. THE ASSOCIATION IS MADE UP MOSTLY OF S[REDACTED] END PAGE ONE
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NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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PAGE TWO SF 164-220
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OF COURSE, FIRE FIGHTERS COULD BE MEMBERS AND PROBABLY A LOT OF FIRE FIGHTERS ARE SKYDIVERS TOO. THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AFFILIATED CLUBS. THERE IS NO RECORD IN HIS FILES FOR THE NAMES OF D.B. COOPER, [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HIS ASSOCIATION IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY, NOV. TWENTYNINE NEXT, BUT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO RE-OPEN AND FURNISH THE LISTS REQUESTED WHICH CONSISTS OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE PARACHUTIST" FOR THE STATES OF CALIF., WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO, NEVADA, AND ARIZONA, AS WELL AS A LIST OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AFFILIATED CLUBS. HOWEVER, HE HAS TWO CLERKS THAT HANDLE THIS, [REDACTED]
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DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THE ADDRESSOGRAPH MACHINES AND IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM OF FILING. THE ABOVE LISTS WILL BE OBTAINED MONDAY MORNING AND WILL BE FURNISHED TO THE BUREAU AND SEATTLE.
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DB Cooper-1733
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PAGE THREE SF 164-220
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THE LISTS OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE FILED ALPHABETICALLY, DO INDICATE DATE OF BIRTH, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, COLOR OF EYES, AND HAIR, BUT MAILING LIST FOR "THE PARACHUTIST" DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY DESCRIPTIVE DATA. END...
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FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-1734
Serials: SE 164-81-77, SF 164-220