To SAC Seattle re meeting with Seattle PD Chief George Tielsch
Document date 3 December 1971
Part of: SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle re Seattle PD Chief Tielsch contact (file copy)
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Id: Cooper-Part-100:246-247
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-100:246-247 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re meeting with Seattle PD Chief George Tielsch Id: Cooper-Part-100:246-247 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A246-247 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 100 pp. 246–247 (DB Cooper-45200, DB Cooper-45203), Memo, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A246-247
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 12/3/71
SA DONALD J. STEELE & SA [REDACTED]
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE
RE: [REDACTED]
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On 12/1/71, at about 4:50 PM, a request from COP GEORGE TIELSCH, Seattle PD, disclosed that he desired personal contact by Agents of this office in subject matter. SAs DONALD J. STEELE and [REDACTED] arrived at the Seattle PD at approximately 5:00 PM. At that time, COP TIELSCH introduced himself in the presence of Asst. COP [REDACTED] At that point TIELSCH said, [REDACTED] why don't you tell them about it without further formalities."
[REDACTED] advised that an officer in his department has an informant who has given reliable information in the past and who, according to informant, [REDACTED]
He then advised that the informant had said.
[LARGE REDACTED BOX - informant statement fully withheld]
[REDACTED] and TIELSCH indicated that inasmuch as the informant had furnished the information to their officer and had indicated [REDACTED] [REDACTED], they would like to work with us in connection with resolving whether or not [REDACTED] was the hijacker.
At 5:30 PM, contact was made with [REDACTED] Detective, Homicide and Robbery Division, home address
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DB COOPER-45200
SE 164-81
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good witnesses as [REDACTED] citing as an example, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] asked what was happening.
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[REDACTED] was advised that the stewardesses were not all located in Minneapolis at that time and that the photo could be shown to witnesses locally at Seattle as well as to the stewardesses. He was advised that this would be done by other Agents.
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At no time was it indicated to [REDACTED] that Agent personnel would travel with him free of charge to Minneapolis on Northwest Airlines.
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On 12/2/71, [REDACTED] was telephonically contacted at his residence inasmuch as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and was advised that the photo of [REDACTED] had been displayed to all witnesses and none of them identified him as the hijacker. To this he replied, "he could not understand this but some times things work that way."
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DB COOPER-45203
Serials: SE 164-81