Urgent teletype Los Angeles to multiple offices re NORJAK suspect William Johnson Lauderback Mason
Document date 24 January 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-105:180-183 Document: Urgent teletype Los Angeles to multiple offices re NORJAK suspect William Johnson Lauderback Mason Id: Cooper-Part-105:180-183 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-105%3A180-183 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 105 pp. 180–183 (DB Cooper-47730–47733), Teletype, dated 24 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-8098 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-105%3A180-183
NR033 WA PLAIN 4:50PM 105PM URGENT 1-24-72 LLS TO SEATTLE (164-81) CHICAGO HOUSTON PORTLAND (164-41) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) SACRAMENTO SAN FRANCISCO - ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 4P
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NORJAK.
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO SEATTLE JANUARY TWENTY ONE LAST, LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO CHICAGO JANUARY TWENTY LAST, HOUSTON TELETYPE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SEATTLE JANUARY TWENTY ONE LAST, AND MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO SEATTLE JANUARY TWENTY ONE LAST.
RE: SUSPECT WILLIAM JOHNSON LOUDERBACK MASON, AKA BILL MASON.
FOR INFO SACRAMENTO, BILL MASON REPORTED MAKING STATEMENT WHILE DRINKING DECEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, IN BAJA, CALIFORNIA, HE PARACHUTED FROM PLANE IN SEATTLE AND DISCUSSED HIJACKING DETAILS.
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Sub 304 164-81-8098 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ JAN 2/4 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-47730
LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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FOR INFO SAN FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO, REFERENCED MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE IDENTIFIED WILLIAM JOHNSON LAUDERBACK MASON AS FORMER EMPLOYEE NORTHWEST AIRLINES, SOEL, KOREA, NINE- TEEN SIXTY SIX. MASON TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO, FEBRUARY NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT AND TERMINATED SAME YEAR DUE TO DRINKING. NOTATION IN FILE INDICATES MASON PSYCHOANALYZED AND DETERMINED HAD OUTSTANDING INTELLIGENCE, SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.
MASON DESCRIBED WHITE MALE; BORN APRIL TWELVE, NINETEEN TWENTY NINE; FIVE FEET TEN INCHES; ONE FIFTY FIVE POUNDS; BROWN HAIR; GRAY EYES; SERVED IN U.S. AIR FORCE AS STAFF SGT. - FINANCE CLERK; REGISTERED LOCAL DRAFT BOARD ONE FIVE SEVEN, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER ONE ONE DASH ONE FIVE ONE DASH TWO NINE DASH ONE THREE NINE; BS DEGREE JUNE SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY THREE, WITH MAJOR IN MARKETING; RESIDENCE, THREE ONE SIX WEST BARRY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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[REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, ADVISED HAVE SEEN MASON APPROXIMATELY TWELVE OCCASIONS AND DID NOT FEEL HE STRONGLY RESEMBLES ARTIST'S CONCEPTION. HOWEVER, WAS NOT DISSIMILAR ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE. [REDACTED] SAW MASON APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO AND MASON WEARING BLACK END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-47731
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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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CAPE PSCHEDELIC DESIGN AND INFORMED HE WORKED FOR LOCAL CARTAGE COMPANY IN PORTLAND, OREGON. BELIEVED MASON HAD BOAT MENTIONED IN REFERENCED LOS ANGELES TEL AT THAT TIME. NO PHOTOGRAPH OF MASON AVAILABLE NORTHWEST PERSONNEL FILES. RECORDS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND REVEAL WILLIAM JOHNSON MASON, BORN APRIL TWELVE, NINETEEN TWENTY NINE, HOLDER OF DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER A ZERO SIX FIVE THREE FIVE NINE FOUR, WITH ADDRESS OF GENERAL DELIVERY, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, EFFECTIVE APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. MASON DESCRIBED AS FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, GRAY EYES, DIVORCED, AND HAVING RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF ONE NINE ZERO ZERO COYOTE POINT DRIVE, SAN MATEO. STATUS OF LICENSE INDICATES ISSUED APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE AND EXPIRES BIRTH DATE OF NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE. FOLLOWED BY NOTATION "SURRENDERED BY SUBJECT". NO LEGAL HISTORY, ABSTRACTS OR ACCIDENTS. LOS ANGELES INDICES AND NCIC NEGATIVE. END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-47732
LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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SACRAMENTO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH AND FURNISH SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, ONE NINE ZERO ZERO COYOTE POINT DRIVE, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF MASON ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST. PENDING. END END
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DB COOPER-47733
Serials: LA 164-497, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8098