New York to Director, Las Vegas, Portland, Seattle re luggage inventory and Freeman

NR 040 NY PLAIN 1201 AM 12-3-71 PM URGENT 12-2-71 BGW TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM NEW YORK (164-627)

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[guess: Max a. Freeman]

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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; HIJACKING NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOURTH, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE; CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT HIJACKING; OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.

RENY TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, DATED DECEMBER FIST, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE.

ON DECEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE, DETECTIVE [REDACTED (b6/b7C)], PORT OF NEW YORK AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, QUEENS, NEW YORK, ADVISED BUREAU AGENTS OF AN INICIDENT OCCURRING AT LA GUARDIA AIRPORT IN THE SPRING OF NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE, WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT TO INSTANT CASE. [REDACTED (b6/b7C)] ADVISED IN THE SPRING OF NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE, TWO WHITE MALE INDIVIDUALS, IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AS [REDACTED (b6/b7C)], APPEARED AT THE EASTERN AIRLINES TICKETS OFFICE, LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK CITY (NYC), AND ATTEMPTED TO DB COOPER-45526 104 PURCHASE TICKETS FOR A FLIGHT TO MIAMI WITH A FRAUDULENT CREDIT 64-81-487 CARD. THE TICKET AGENT, RECOGNIZING THE FRAUDENT CREDIT CARD, END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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ATTEMPTED TO STALL THE TWO PASSENGERS. THE TWO PERSONS LEFT THE COUNTER ABRUPTLY, BUT HAD PREVIOUSLY CHECKED IN THEIR LUGGAGE, WHICH THEY HAD LEFT BEHIND.

LUGGAGE THEN BECAME PROPERTY OF PORT AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. UPON INSPECTION OF LUGGAGE BY DETECTIVE [REDACTED], IT COULD BE ASCERTAINED THAT ONE OR BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WAS AN EXPERIENCED AND ACTIVE SPORTS PARACHUTIST. A PERSONAL LETTER, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE LUGGAGE, INDICATES THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS PROBABLY INCARCERATED AT ONE TIME. THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM THIS LUGGAGE BELONGS IS POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITH MAX A. FREEMAN, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS THREE EIGHT SEVEN ZERO NINE THIRTY FIRST STREET EAST, PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA.

BASED ON THE ABOVE FACTS, DETECTIVE [REDACTED] MADE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AVAILABLE TO BUREAU AGENTS:

ONE) REUME [sic] OF MAX A. FREEMAN

TWO) NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM SAN DIEGO UNION, REGARDING SKYDIVING, DATED NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH, NINETEEN SIXTY SIX.

THREE) NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES, REGARDING SKYDIVING, DATED JULY TWENTY THIRD, NINETEEN SEVENTY.

FOUR) DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE UNDER THE NAME OF [REDACTED], DATED [REDACTED], NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE.

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FIVE) ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO MAX A. FREEMAN, THREE EIGHT SEVEN ZERO NINE THIRTY FIRST STREET EAST, PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA.

SIX) INSURANCE POLICY UNDER NAME OF MAX FREEMAN.

SEVEN) FOUR COPIES OF A LETTER FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED] GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, TO MAX FREEMAN.

EIGHT) LETTER FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED], GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING MAX FREEMAN.

NINE) NOTE WRITTEN ON STATIONERY OF NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL.

TEN) SALES RECEIPT FROM PLAZA TELVISON CENTER, ONE TWO SEVEN TWO TWO SHERMAN WAY, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

ELEVEN) SKETCH OF A PARACHUTE.

TWELVE) SPORTS PARACHUTIST'S LOG BOOK.

THIRTEEN) PERSONAL LETTER ADDRESSED TO MAX A. FREEMAN.

FOURTEEN) FIVE LETTERS REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE OFFICE OF CONFERENCE DIRECOR, USPA.

FIFTEEN) TWO BUSINESS CARDS FOR JACK'S FASHIONS, NINETEEN TWENTY THREE FIRST STREET, SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORN.

SIXTEEN) BUSINESS CARD FOR DI'S TROPHIES, SEVEN EIGHT FOUR SIX CLAYBOURNE AVENUE, SUN VALLEY, CALIFORIA.

SEVENTEEN) PERSONAL NOTE ON STATIONERY OF HOTEL MC ALPIN. END PAGE THREE

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EIGHTEEN) TWO PERSONAL NOTES WITH PHONE NUMBERS. NINETEEN) TWO EIGHT BY TEN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS. TWENTY) THIRTY BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF VARIOUS SIZES. TWENTY ONE) SIX COLOR SLIDES (THIRTY FIVE MILLIMETER). TWENTY TWO) FIFTY SIX COLOR PHOTOS OF VARIOUS SIZES. TWENTY THREE) PACKAGE CONTAINING TWELVE COLOR NEGATIVES. TWENTY FIVE) RIBBON FOR CONTESTANT IN NINETEEN SEVENTY APC WINTER INVITATIONAL.

THE ABOVE ITEMS ARE TO BE FORWARDED TO SEATTLE UNDER [guess: S]PARATE COMMUNICATION AND NEED NOT BE RETURNED. ALL LEADS BASED UPON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED MATERIAL BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF SEATTLE.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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