Boston to Director re Cooper hijacking suspect (RUC)

Document date 2 December 1971

Part 101pages 42–432 pagesDB Cooper-45472–45473

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-101:042-043

Document: Teletype Boston to Director re Cooper hijacking suspect (RUC)
Id: Cooper-Part-101:042-043
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 pp. 42–43 (DB Cooper-45472–45473), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A042-043

NR008 BS PLAIN 9:43 PM PM URGENT 12-2-71 WFY TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE ST. LOUIS FROM BOSTON (164-153) (RUC)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST, CAA-HIJACKING, OO: SEATTLE.

RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO BOSTON, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, LAST, AND BOSTON TELEPHONE CALL TO ST. LOUIS, INSTANT DATE.

ON INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], MASS., ADVISED WHILE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AN INDIVIDUAL KNOWN ONLY TO HIM AS (FNU) [REDACTED] (PHONETIC) CONTINUALLY SPOKE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EXPLAINED THAT [REDACTED] WERE [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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164-81-[illegible]7[illegible] SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED M_ FILER M_ DEC 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

DB COOPER-45472

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED THIS INDIVIDUAL AS A WHITE MALE, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, MEDIUM BROWN HAIR, WHO ALLEGEDLY LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA. [REDACTED] AFTER OBSERVING COMPOSITE DRAWING OF UNSUB, STATED THIS LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO [REDACTED] EXCEPT THAT [REDACTED] IN NINETEEN [REDACTED] HAD MUCH MORE HAIR ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

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LEAD: ST. LOUIS AT NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WILL REVIEW DAIL[Y] MORNING REPORTS FOR [REDACTED], IN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE COMPLETE NAME OF [REDACTED] AND THEN REVIEW HIS PERSONNEL FILE AND ADVISE SEATTLE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT MORNING REPORTS FROM [REDACTED], ON SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY JEFFCOATE.

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INFORMATION COPY FURNISHED CHARLOTTE IN VIEW OF [REDACTED] FORMERLY RESIDING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

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DB COOPER-45473

Serials: 164-2111, BS 164-153