Chicago to Director re informant naming James Clifford as suspect
Document date 14 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 92 pp. 3–5
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Id: Cooper-Part-102:258-260
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-102:258-260 Document: Teletype Chicago to Director re informant naming James Clifford as suspect Id: Cooper-Part-102:258-260 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A258-260 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. 258–260 (DB Cooper-46248, DB Cooper-46250), Teletype, dated 14 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-7170 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-102%3A258-260
NR008 CG PLAIN .930PM NITEL 12-14-71 RWR TO DIRECTOR PITTSBURGH MINNEAPOLIS DENVER PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM CHICAGO (164-297)
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JAMES CLIFFORD - SUSPECT.
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INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] ADVISED INDIVIDUAL GIVING NAME [REDACTED] APPEARED [REDACTED] DECEMBER THIRTEEN, LAST, ADVISING ONE JAMES CLIFFORD, FORTYFIVE TO FIFTY YEARS OLD, RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RANSOM AND HIJACKING NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES PLANE LAST MONTH OVER OREGON. [REDACTED] INDICATED [REDACTED] ALSO RELATED CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES SECURITY, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, OFFERED INFORMATION FOR REWARD AND SHARE OF RECOVERED MONEY. [REDACTED] REVEALED AFTER RECEIVING NO FIRM ANSWER REGARDING REWARD, CAME TO [REDACTED] CLIFFORD REPORTEDLY PAROLED ON THEFT CHARGES FROM [REDACTED]
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SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ DEC 1 4 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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164-81-7170
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DB COOPER-46248
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE PRISON, PITTSBURGH, ABOUT NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT. [REDACTED] CLAIMS IF CLIFFORD'S PAROLE OR PRISON MUG SHOT SHOWN TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESS IDENTIFICATION COULD BE MADE. CLIFFORD ALLEGEDLY HAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. CLIFFORD IS CLAIMED BY [REDACTED] PRESENTLY UNDERGOING PLASTIC SURGERY. [REDACTED] RELATED CLIFFORD REPORTEDLY RECEIVED MILITARY TRAINING IN EXPLOSIVES AND JUMP TRAINING. ALSO, CLIFFORD [REDACTED] PLAN TO HIJACK A PLANE FOR RANSOM AND INDICATED ELECTRICAL BEEPER WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR LOCATING HIM BY FELLOW COMRADE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING AMBULANCE ONCE SKYJUMP WAS COMPLETED. CLIFFORD ALSO DESCRIBED PLAN IN INDUCING GROUP PROMINENT BANKERS TO MOTEL ON PRETEXT OF FINANCING CONSTRUCTION OF SHOPPING CENTER THEN THREATENING TO BOMB MOTEL IF NOT PAID LARGE SUM OF MONEY. FURTHER, TO PROVE SINCERITY OF THREAT AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN WHATEVER CITY PLAN TO BE EXECUTED WOULD THEN BE BLOWN UP. END PAGE TWO
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[REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] STATED TELEPHONIC CONTACT NORTHWEST AIRLINES SECURITY OFFICE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, CONFIRMED
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[REDACTED] STATED SHOULD [REDACTED] CONTACT AGAIN, HE WILL [REDACTED] AND IMMEDIATELY ADVISE CHICAGO
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PITTSBURGH, THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA STATE PRISON AUTHORITIES, DETERMINE IF JAMES CLIFFORD EVER INCARCERATED, IF SO, SECURE ALL BACKGROUND AND PHOTOGRAPH TO BE EXHIBITED TO APPROPRIATE AIRLINE PERSONNEL FOR POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION. MINNEAPOLIS AT MINNEAPOLIS. WILL CONTACT SECURITY OFFICIALS, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, DETERMINE ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION RE CONTACT BY [REDACTED]. END FEE FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-46250
Serials: CG 164-297, SE 164-81-7170