Minneapolis to Seattle and other offices re Mason, former Northwest Airlines employee

Document date 21 January 1972

Part 105pages 194–1963 pagesDB Cooper-47744–47746

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-105:194-196

Document: Teletype Minneapolis to Seattle and other offices re Mason, former Northwest Airlines employee
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 105 pp. 194–196 (DB Cooper-47744–47746), Teletype, dated 21 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-105%3A194-196

NR007 MP PLAIN 706PM NITEL 1-21-72 AGL TO SEATTLE 164-81 CHICAGO HOUSTON LOS ANGELES PORTLAND 164-41 WASHINGTON FIELD FROM MINNEAPOLIS 164-73 3P

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RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO CHICAGO JANUARY TWENTY LAST. RE: SUSPECT - WILLIAM JOHNSON LOUDERBACH MASON, AKA BILL MASON. [REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS EMPLOYED [REDACTED] APRIL, NINETEEN SIXTYFOUR. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO [REDACTED] IN NINETEEN SIXTYSIX, AND TO [REDACTED] OCTOBER, NINETEEN SIXTYSIX. END PAGE ONE

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Sub .304 164-81- [illegible] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ JAN 20 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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PAGE TWO MP 164-73 FROM [REDACTED] HE WAS [REDACTED]

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MASON DESCRIBED AS: WHITE, MALE, DOB APRIL TWELVE, NINETEEN TWENTYNINE, FIVE FEET TEN, ONE HUNDRED FIFTYFIVE POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, GRAY EYES, SERVED IN USAF AS STAFF SERGEANT - FINANCE CLERK, REGISTERED LOCAL DRAFT BOARD ONE FIVE SEVEN, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER ONE ONE - ONE FIVE ONE - TWO NINE - ONE THREE NINE, B.S. DEGREE JUNE SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTYTHREE, WITH MAJOR IN END PAGE TWO

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PAGE THREE MP 164-73 MARKETING, RESIDENCE ADDRESS - THREE ONE SIX WEST BARRY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

[REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES, [REDACTED] MINNEAPOLIS, ADVISED HAVE SEEN MASON ON APPROXIMATELY TWELVE OCCASIONS AND DID NOT FEEL HE STRONGLY RESEMBLED ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB; HOWEVER, WAS NOT DISSIMILAR ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE. [REDACTED] STATED HE SAW MASON APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, AND MASON WAS WEARING BLACK CAPE WITH PSYCHEDELIC DESIGN AND INFORMED HE WORKED FOR LOCAL CARTAGE COMPANY IN PORTLAND, OREGON. HE BELIEVED MASON HAD BOAT MENTIONED IN REFERENCED TELETYPE AT THAT TIME.

NO PHOTO OF MASON AVAILABLE IN NORTHWEST PERSONNEL FILES.

ALL OFFICES ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTO OF SUSPECT FOR DISPLAY TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES. WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SUSPECT'S LOCATION DURING PERTINENT TIME PERIOD.

CONSIDER DANGEROUS. PENDING. END

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Serials: MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81