Philadelphia to Director, Las Vegas, Seattle re informant identifying David Lester McCartney
Document date 14 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-103:218-219 Document: Teletype Philadelphia to Director, Las Vegas, Seattle re informant identifying David Lester McCartney Id: Cooper-Part-103:218-219 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A218-219 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. 218–219 (DB Cooper-4667, DB Cooper-46672), Teletype, dated 14 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1776 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A218-219
NR016 PH PLAIN 10:45 PM 12-14-71 URGENT 'R J C TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS SEATTLE (164-81) FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133) ( P )
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RE BU TEL CALL TO PH AND LAS VEGAS, TODAY. ON TWELVE FOURTEEN INSTANT, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PA., ADVISED SHE AND RELATIVES SEPARATELY CONCLUDED THAT UNSUB, AS DEPICTED IN NEWS ACCOUNTS, IS VERY SIMILAR TO [REDACTED] DAVID LESTER MCCARTNEY. MC- CARTNEY BORN FIVE THREE TWENTYEIGHT, MOUNT EAGLE, PA. IS A WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED NINETY POUNDS, DARK BROWN WAVY HAIR, CLOSE CUT, BROWN EYES AND LARGE NOSE. MCCARTNEY IS RETIRED US ARMY PARATROOPER, EXPERIENCED IN FREE FALL JUMP AND HAS EARNED MASTER PARACHUTE WINGS. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS PERSONABLE, VERY INTELLIGENT AND WELL SPOKEN. SHE ALSO NOTED THAT HE CAN BE RUTHLESS, BECOMES VIOLENT WHEN ANGERED, IS METHODICAL AND HAS EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN SPECTACULAR CRIMES STATING HOW HE WOULD HAVE COMMITTED THEM. MCCARTNEY IS END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED _____ FILED DEC 1 4 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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pub 207
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LV
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164-81-1776 DB COOPER-4667/1
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b6 b7C
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PAGE TWO
IS DISTINCT IN HIS SPEECH, HAS A GOOD VOCABULARLY, VERY MILITARY AND POLITE IN MANNER, AND WHEN NERVOUS, HIS CHIN TWITCHES. MC- CARTNEY IS KNOWN TO HAVE ONLY SHOULDER WEAPONS AND IS CAPABLE OF USING SAME IF PROVOKED.
MCCARTNEY LEFT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LEFT PENNSYLVANIA IN [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED — large blank/whited-out box]
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PHOTOS OF MCCARTNEY OBTAINED AND ARE THREE YEARS OLD. SAME WILL BE REPRODUCED AND SENT FROM WILLIAMSPORT RA DIRECTLY TO LAS VEGAS AND SEATTLE.
LAS VEGAS AT RENO - CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT TWO SEVEN FIVE LOVITT LANE.
SEATTLE - UPON RECEIPT OF PHOTOS CAUSE SAME TO BE EXHIBITED TO NECCESSARY WITNESSES. AM COPY TO MINNEAPOLIS.
FD THREE ZERO TWOS FOLLOW.
A R M E D A N D D A N G E R O U S
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DB COOPER-46672
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-2111, PH 164-133, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1776