Birmingham to Director, Seattle and Jackson re suspect Harless
Document date 2 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-101:038-039 Document: Teletype Birmingham to Director, Seattle and Jackson re suspect Harless Id: Cooper-Part-101:038-039 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A038-039 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 101 pp. 38–39 (DB Cooper-45464), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A038-039
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8-20 PM NITEL 12-2-71 GXR
TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE JACKSON
FROM BIRMINGHAM (164-35)(RUC)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA- HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE.
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RE BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE CALL TO JACKSON THIS DATE.
ON THIS DATE, [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D]
[REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D], CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
SHE SAID THAT [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] WHO FORMERLY LIVED IN BIRMINGHAM BUT WHO NOW LIVES IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, NAMED JOHN E. HARLESS WHO RESEMBLES THE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF UNSUB WHICH APPEARED IN THE PRESS. [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] SAID HARLESS WORKED FOR THE GULF OIL COMPANY IN BIRMINGHAM UNTIL A FEW MONTHS
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[illegible] 100 164-81-[illegible] SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [illegible signature/initials]
DB COOPER-45464
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AGO AND IS NOW EMPLOYED BY THE SAME COMPANY IN JACKSON, MISS. SHE SAID MR. HARLESS IS A WHITE MALE, AGE ABOUT THIRTYTWO, APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, LARGE STOMACH IN PROPORTION TO THE REST OF HIS BODY, FAIR TO RUDDY COMPLEXION WITH PINK SPOTS ON HIS FACE, SANDY BLOND HAIR, SIDEBURNS TO MIDDLE OF EARLOBE, BLUE EYES, DOES NOT WEAR GLASSES, AND HAS A MODERATELY-PITCHED VOICE. SHE SAID THAT FOR A TIME HE WAS IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD IN BIRMINGHAM. ALTHOUGH THE PHYSICAL DESCRIP- TION OF HARLESS IS DISSIMILAR TO THAT OF UNSUB AND ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] HE HAS A GOOD REPUTATION AND IS PERMANENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE GULF OIL CORP., AT JACKSON, MISS., AT THIS TIME, HE DOES RESEMBLE THE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THEREFORE TO DEFINITELY ELIMINATE [REDACTED] AS A SUSPECT, THE JACKSON OFFICE SHOULD DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST AND IF NECESSARY OBTAIN PHOTOS OF HARLESS FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
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