Washington Field Office to Director and field offices re suspect 'THE HERO'
Document date 3 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-102:026-037 Document: Teletype Washington Field Office to Director and field offices re suspect 'THE HERO' Id: Cooper-Part-102:026-037 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A026-037 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. 26–37 (DB Cooper-45966, DB Cooper-45967, DB Cooper-45968, DB Cooper-45969, DB Cooper-45973, DB Cooper-45976, DB Cooper-45977, DB Cooper-45978, DB Cooper-45980, DB Cooper-45981, DB Cooper-45982, DB Cooper-45983), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-646 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A026-037
DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE DATE 11-13-2024 BY: [redacted] OIZWAN 16-4-[illegible] DCW
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3:07AM 12-4-71
URGENT 12-3-71 MWM
TO DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA (MAIL) BUTTE LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS (MAIL) NEWARK NORFOLK (MAIL) PHOENIX (MAIL) RICHMOND (MAIL) SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE
ALL OFFFICES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO:SE.
RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST; SAN FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND WFO DECEMBER TWO LAST; LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO DECEMBER TWO, LAST; WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREE INSTANT; NEWARK TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND OTHERS DECEMBER TH[redacted] INSTANT.
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sub. 143 164-81-646 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] DEC 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-45966
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b6 b7C
b3
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DB COOPER-45967
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b3 b6
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DB COOPER-45968
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RE: SUSPECT "THE HERO" REFERRED TO IN REFERENCED LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO, DATED DECEMBER TWO LAST:
TODAY, [REDACTED], SHERATON CARLTON HOTEL, SIXTEENTH AND K STREETS, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDC) TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADVISED SUITE [REDACTED] WHICH INCLUDES ROOMS [REDACTED].
HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN LAST, [REDACTED]
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b3 b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-45969
WFO 164-169 PAGE EIGHT DESTINATIONS. METHOD OF TRAVEL UNKNOWN. REVIEW OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALLS FROM SUITE [REDACTED] REVEAL TWO CALLS AS FOLLOWS: .EIGHT TWENTY TWO P.M. NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST, [REDACTED] RETURNED PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED CALL TO TELEPHONE NUMBER - (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND CONVERSATION WAS TEN MINUTES DURATION. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AREA. AT TEN TEN P.M. NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST, [REDACTED] MADE TELEPHONE CALL TO (AREA CODE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOR TWENTY ONE MINUTES DURATION. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] COVERS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. UPON CHECKING OUT OF HOTEL TODAY, [REDACTED] PAID BY CHECK IN AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX DOLLARS AND NINETY FOUR CENTS DRAWN ON [REDACTED] INDIANA. [REDACTED] PERSONALIZED CHECK REFLECTED [REDACTED] END PAGE EIGHT
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b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-45973
WFO 164-169 PAGE ELEVEN HEALTH FOODS, INCLUDING WHEAT GERM.
LOCATED IN TRASH BASKETS WERE PIECES OF NOTE ON HOTEL STATIONERY. WHEN PIECED TOGETHER BY BUREAU AGENTS, ONE SIDE OF THE NOTE READ [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED]
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NOTE READ [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] AND BORE TELEPHONE NUMBERS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ALONG WITH NOTATION [REDACTED] OR [REDACTED] NOTE WRITTEN IN GREEN FELT TIP PEN.
THE ABOVE NOTE AND OTHER ITEMS WERE PRESERVED FOR POSSIBLE LATENT FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION. ABOVE MENTIONED TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] b6 DETERMINED TO BE LOCAL WDC NUMBER, SUBSCRIBER UNKNOWN AT b7C THIS TIME. TELEPHONE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NOT LOCAL WDC NUMBER.
OTHER NUMBERS INCLUDED IN TRASH WERE: [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] WITH NOTATION b7C [REDACTED] TELEPHONE DIRECTORY REFLECTS AREA CODE [REDACTED] END PAGE ELEVEN
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DB COOPER-45976
WFO 164-169 PAGE TWELVE
[REDACTED] MARYLAND AND IT IS NOTED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOCATED IN MARYLAND.
ALSO LOCATED IN TRASH WERE NUMBERS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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FURTHER EXAMINATION OF TRASH YIELDED TWO AMERICAN AIRLINES BAGGAGE STUBS FOR FLIGHT THREE THREE EIGHT WITH DESTINATION BALTIMORE. A CHECK WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES RESERVATIONS, WDC, REVEALED FLIGHT THREE THREE EIGHT IS DAILY FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA WITH STOPS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, DALLAS, BALTIMORE, AND NEWARK.
AS A RESULT OF REFERENCED WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FOREGOING INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH LA SOURCE PRIOR TO INITIATING ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION IN OTHER DIVISIONS. ADDITIONAL LEADS CONCERNING THIS INFORMATION ARE BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE AND WFO IS HOLDING IN ABEYANCE SUBMISSION OF ITEMS OBTAINED IN HOTEL ROOM TO FBI LAB. END PAGE TWELVE
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DB COOPER-45977
WFO 164-169 PAGE TWELVE-A
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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED]
ON DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, AT UNITED STATES COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS, WDC, [REDACTED] REVIEWED THE [REDACTED] RECORD CONCERNING [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS ISSUED A UNITED STATES [REDACTED] DOCUMENT NUMBER [REDACTED] END PAGE TWELVE-A
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b6 per USCG b7C per USCG
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DB COOPER-45978
WFO 164-169 PAGE FOURTEEN
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VALIDATED STAMP. NEW [REDACTED] ISSUED ACCORDINGLY. LICENSED AS [REDACTED] b6 per USCG b7C per USCG AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ON [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LICENSE NUMBER [REDACTED]
THE FILE CONTAINED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ON DECEMBER ONE LAST A SEARCH WAS MADE AT THE [REDACTED], UNITED STATES COAST b6 per USCG b7C per USCG GUARD HEADQUARTERS AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:
ON OCTOBER TWENTY ONE, LAST [REDACTED] b6 per USCG [REDACTED], SEATTLE, WASHINGTON OF WHICH [REDACTED] b7C per USCG
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] BOUND FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ONE OR MORE PORTS IN THE FAR EAST, EITHER DIRECT OR VIA ONE OR MORE PACIFIC COAST PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCLUDING ALASKA AND SUCH OTHER PORTS AND PLACES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE MASTER MAY DIRECT, AND BACK TO A FINAL PACIFIC COAST PORT OF DISCHARGE IN THE
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DB COOPER-45980
WFO 164-169 PAGE FIFTEEN
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CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, FOR A TERM OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING NINE CALENDAR MONTHS." [REDACTED] SIGNED OFF THE [REDACTED] LAST. [REDACTED] LISTS HIS NEXT OF KIN AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE RECORDS CONTAIN NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WFO SENDING FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] TO SEATTLE WITH THIS COMMUNICATION.
RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED]
INVESTIGATION AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS), WDC, DISCLOSED INS FILE [REDACTED] CONCERNS [REDACTED] AND FILE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BOTH FILES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED OUT TO INS, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION, NO RECORD LOCATED AT PASSPORT OFFICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS), END PAGE FIFTEEN
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b6 per USCG b7C per USCG b6 b7C b6 per USCIS
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DB COOPER-45981
WFO 164-169 PAGE SIXTEEN WDC, IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED]
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LEADS
[REDACTED]
LOS ANGELES AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTACT [REDACTED] RE INFORMATION CONCERNING SUSPECT "THE HERO."
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NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. WILL CONTACT INS AND REVIEW INS FILES [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PERTAINING TO [REDACTED], RESPECTIVELY.
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SAN DIEGO, AT IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTACT [REDACTED] AND DETERMINE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] SUSPECT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
END PAGE SIXTEEN
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DB COOPER-45982
WFO 164-169 PAGE SEVENTEEN
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[REDACTED]
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WFO CONTINUING INVESTIGATION.
UNSUB CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. P.
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CORRECTION: PAGE FIFTEEN LINE TWELVE FROM TOP OF PAGE WORD [REDACTED] SHOULD READ [REDACTED] P
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GO TO TALK PLS
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DB COOPER-45983
Serials: SE 164-81-646, WF 164-169