San Diego to Director re efforts to locate suspect Whitaker

Document date 30 December 1971

Part 104pages 254–2574 pagesDB Cooper-47217–47220

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Document: Teletype San Diego to Director re efforts to locate suspect Whitaker
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 104 pp. 254–257 (DB Cooper-47217–47220), Teletype, dated 30 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1650 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-104%3A254-257

NR 09 SD PLAIN 621 PM NITEL 12-30-71 DDC TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE 164-81 CHICAGO 164-297 SAN FRANCISCO 164-220 FROM SAN DIEGO 164-91 4P

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RE CG TEL TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST. RE SUSPECT CHARLES A. WHITAKER, AKA CHARLES WHITAKER, CHUCK WHITAKER.

FOR INFO RECEIVING OFFICES, INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, WERE INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED THAT COMPOSIT SKETCH OF UNSUB WAS IDENTICAL IN EVERY FEATURE TO THAT OF A CHARLES A. WHITAKER, WHO WAS THEIR SKYDIVING AND PARACHUTE INSTRUCTOR IN NINETEEN SIXTYTHREE AND SIXTYFOUR. NEITHER [REDACTED]

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sub. 263 164-81-1650 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _AM_ FILED _AM_ DEC 30 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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[REDACTED] COULD NOT FURNISH A CURRENT ADDRESS FOR WHITAKER, HOWEVER, GAVE THE NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION:

[REDACTED] SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

[REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.

BOTH [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A PICTURE OF WHITAKER, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD SEARCH FOR ONE. THEY FURTHER ADVISED THAT THEY BELIEVE [REDACTED] STEWARDESS, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, HAD A PICTURE OF WHITAKER IN AN OLD RED SCRAP BOOK WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT UNPACKED.

INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SAN DIEGO, WAS INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED THAT COMPOSIT SKETCH OF UNSUB VAGUELY RESEMBLES THAT

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OF CHARLES A. WHITAKER. [REDACTED] STATES THAT HE POSSIBLE HAD A PICUTRE OF WHITAKER AND WOULD SEARCH FOR IT. [REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED THAT A PICTURE OF WHITAKER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM U.S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.

INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] CALIFORNIA WAS INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED THAT COMPOSIT DRAWING OF UNSUB VAGUELY RESEMBLED THAT OF CHARLES A. WHITAKER. [REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED THAT WHITAKER WENT BY THE NAME CHUCK.

CHICAGO. INTERVIEW [REDACTED] STEWARDESS, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, AND ASCERTAIN IF SHE HAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES WHITAKER.

SAN FRANCISCO AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTACT THE U.S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION IN ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON WHITAKER.

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SAN DIEGO. WILL CONDUCT CREDIT AND CRIMINAL CHECKS ON WHITAKER.

WILL MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH OF WHITAKER.

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Serials: CG 164-297, SD 164-91, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1650, SF 164-220