SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle re suspect Edwards, LLL employee at Mercury
Document date 9 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-102:021-022 Document: Airtel SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle re suspect Edwards, LLL employee at Mercury Id: Cooper-Part-102:021-022 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A021-022 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 102 pp. 21–22 (DB Cooper-45961–45962), Airtel, dated 9 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A021-022
12/9/71
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AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Hi-Jacking of Northwestern Airlines Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HI-JACKING; EXTORTION OO: Seattle
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Re San Francisco tel to Seattle, 12/6/71.
On 12/8/71, the following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Mercury, Nevada.
[REDACTED], Livermore Laboratory (LLL) advised he is [REDACTED] WILLIAM THOMAS EDWARDS whom he considers a reliable employee. [REDACTED] advised that EDWARDS did not work from 11/24/71 until the morning of 11/29/71. November 24, 1971 was considered Annual Leave while 11/24-26/71 was considered the Thanksgiving holidays.
[REDACTED], LLL, advised that he is in [REDACTED] . He stated that he call WILLIAM EDWARDS at his home on the evening of 11/23/71 to be sure that there would be an employee on duty at a particular warehouse on 11/24/71. It is noted that EDWARDS is a Supervisor of Warehousing.
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D - Seattle 2 - San Francisco (164-220) 1 - Las Vegas JEH:jd (5)
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Sub. 143 164-81- [guess: 1097] SEARCHED ______ [illegible] SERIALIZED [guess: mms] [guess: mus] [illegible] DEC .0. 1971 FBI - [illegible]
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DB COOPER-45961
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b6 b7C
LV 164-60
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[REDACTED] Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, advised that EDWARDS is considered a highly reliable employee for LLL and that on an occasion two years ago helped to break up a theft ring operating at Mercury, Nevada, involving Government property.
A photograph of EDWARDS was obtained from the Badge Office at Mercury and will be forwarded to San Francisco and Seattle when enlargements are made.
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UNSUB ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB COOPER-45962
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b6 b7C
Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81, SF 164-220