Nitel Denver to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis and El Paso re suspect James R. Fugate
This copy: Part 103 pp. 122–125Also filed at Part 92 pp. 44–47 (primary)
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Denver re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate record check
Document date 15 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-103:122-125 Document: Teletype Denver re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate record check Id: Cooper-Part-103:122-125 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A122-125 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 103 pp. 122–125 (DB Cooper-46571–46574), Teletype, dated 15 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1035 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A122-125
NR001 DN PLAIN 6:06 PM NITEL 12-15-71 JSG TO: SEATTLE (164-81) EL PASO PORTLAND (164-41) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) FROM: DENVER (164-98) 4P
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NORJAK
RE JAMES RAY FUGATE: RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPES DEC. THIRTEEN AND FOURTEEN, LAST. SEARCH OF LOGICAL PUBLIC SOURCE RECORDS AT DENVER, COLO., FAILS TO LOCATE ANY RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH FUGATE. DENVER INDICES SHOW FUGATE IDENTICAL WITH CASE CAPTIONED "JAMES R. FUGATE, CGR - ISSUING FRAUDULENT CHECKS, "OO: ALBUQUERQUE, A NINETEEN FIFTYNINE CASE AT WHICH TIME FUGATE APPARENTLY RESIDED TWO THREE TWO-FIVE GLENCOE, DENVER, AND HAD BEEN A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE COLORADO AIR NATIONAL GUARD BUT DISCHARGED FROM ALL COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF FIFTYEIGHT. END PAGE ONE
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sub.200 164-81- 1035 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED SERIALIZED /M/ FILED /M/ DEC 16 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-46571.
PAGE TWO DN 164-98
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FUGATE APPARENTLY CASHED INSUFFICIENT FUNDS CHECKS AT OFFICERS OPEN MESS OR OFFICERS CLUBS AT MC DILL AFB, TAMPA, FLA.; KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO AND TINKER AFB, OKLA., AS WELL AS CHECKS AT LOWRY AFB, COLORADO. CHECKS PASSED AT LOWRY IN FIFTYNINE WERE MADE GOOD BY FUGATE.
ACCORDING TO RECORDS OF OSI, LOWRY, IN FIFTYNINE, SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES R. FUGATE, SERIAL NUMBER A O THREE ZERO FOUR ONE TWO FOUR FIVE, WAS DISCHARGED FROM ALL COMMISSIONS IN COLORADO AIR NATIONAL GUARD SEPT.( S2ENTYTHREE, FIFTYEIGHT.
DENVER FILE SHOWS THAT USA, ALBUQUERQUE, DECLINED PROSECUTION ON TWO CHECKS PASSED AT KIRTLAND AFB, N.M.
NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTIGATION AT TWO THREE TWO FIVE GLENCOE UNPRODUCTIVE. RECORDS, DENVER PD, SHOW THAT FUGATE WAS BOOKED INTO DENVER COUNTY JAIL ON AUG. TWENTYEIGHT, FIFTYNINE ON HOLD FOR USM FOR MAIL FRAUD AND RECORD CONTAINS NOTATION
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DB COOPER-46572
PAGE THREE DN 164-98
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FUGATE SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY ON NOV. THIRTEEN, FIFTYNINE. NO FBI NUMBER SHOWN AND NO INDICATION OF PENAL INSTITUTION TO WHICH SENTENCED.
INQUIRY OF POSTAL INSPECTORS, DENVER, LOCATES NO FILE FOR FUGATE.
INQUIRY OF USM, DENVER, REFLECTS THAT FUGATE SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY ON FEDERAL MAIL FRAUD CHARGES COMMENCING NOV. NINETEEN, FIFTYNINE AT FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, LA TUNA, TEXAS.
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FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF EL PASO, FUGATE WAS FURNISHED TO MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE AS SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MINNEAPOLIS, ON CONFIDENTIAL BASIS AS FUGATE'S DEALINGS [REDACTED] HIGHLY SUSPECT. FUGATE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED AND CONFINED FOR CON GAME ACTIVITIES, HAS FLYING BACKGROUND, WAS PILOT IN USAF AND UNITED AIR LINES, CURRENTLY END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-46573
PAGE FOUR DN 164-98
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PRESIDENT OF AIR CARRIERS, INC., AURORA, OREGON. DESCRIBED AS WMA, BORN JAN. EIGHT, THIRTYONE, PORTLAND, OREGON, SIX FEET ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK, SLIGHTLY GREYING HAIR. PHOTO OF FUGATE DISPLAYED STEWARDESSES OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT WHO ADVISED HE WAS TOO YOUNG, GOOD LOOKING AND CLEAN-CUT TO BE SUBJECT; HOWEVER, PHOTO IS ENLARGED SNAPSHOT TAKEN IN SIXTYEIGHT.
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EL PASO AT LA TUNA, TEXAS, REVIEW PENAL FILE ON FUGATE FOR ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
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MINNEAPOLIS SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT CURRENT PHOTO OF FUGATE BE OBTAINED FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES. P.
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END. HOLD DCA FBI SE
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DB COOPER-46574
Serials: DN 164-98, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1035