Urgent teletype Los Angeles to multiple offices re suspect Mason, trimaran 'Red Wing' and Highland Park leads
Document date 20 January 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-105:197-199 Document: Urgent teletype Los Angeles to multiple offices re suspect Mason, trimaran 'Red Wing' and Highland Park leads Id: Cooper-Part-105:197-199 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-105%3A197-199 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. 197–199 (DB Cooper-47747–47749), Teletype, dated 20 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-105%3A197-199
NR 005 LA PLAIN 149PM URGENT 1-20-72 NJZ TO CHICAGO SEATTLE (164-81) HOUSTON MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND WASHINGTON FIELD FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 3P
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RE SUSPECT BILL MASON: INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] b6 b7C SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES DIVISION AS FOLLOW: [REDACTED] NAMED [REDACTED] WAS IN CORBO SAN LUCAS, BAJA, MEXICO, DECEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST AND PERSON NAMED BILL MASON WAS DRUNK IN BAR, CONNECTED WITH CAMINO REAL HOTEL IN CORBO SAN LUCAS. BAR CALLED RAEFAEL RESTAURANT AND BAR. MASON TOLD STORY TO [REDACTED] AND TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS HE WAS HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND PARACHUTED OUT END PAGE ONE
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Sub. 304 164-81-[illegible] [STAMPED] JAN 10 1972 FBI - SEATTLE DB COOPER-47747
PAGE TWO ) LA 164-497
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OF PLANE. [REDACTED] STATES MAN WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HIJACKING. , MASON ADVISED HE WOULD BE AT LOCATION IN MEXICO FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. HOWEVER, [REDACTED] NOTICED NEXT DAY MASON'S BOAT, A FORTY FOOT TRIMARAN NAMED "RED WING" WAS GONE. ESTIMATED COST OF BOAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. MASON HAS STATED HE [REDACTED] WERE ON ONE TO THREE YEAR VACATION AND DESTINATION NOT GIVEN. MASON CLAIMED TO BE FROM HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN SEOUL, KOREA. CLAIMED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST AND PRIOR TO LIVING IN ILLINOIS, RESIDED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
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MASON DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, AGE FORTY-FORTYTWO, FIVE FEET TEN TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES TALL, SLENDER BUILD, DARK BROWN HAIR.
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HOUSTON CONDUCT INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] EMPLOYED SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS. DISPLAY ARTIST SKETCH OBTAIN ALL DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND SET OUT ALL LOGICAL ADDITIONAL LEADS TO ASCERTAIN IF MASON LOGICAL SUSPECT.
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MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NORTHWEST AIRLINES RECORDS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY MASON AS FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN SEOUL, KOREA. END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-47748
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b6 b7C
PAGE THREE LA 164-497
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CHICAGO AT HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, CHECK INDICES, CREDIT AND CRIMINAL AND OTHER LOGICAL SOURCES IN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY BILL MASON [REDACTED] PORTLAND CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION AS CHICAGO. WASHINGTON FIELD THROUGH U.S. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] POSSIBLY [REDACTED]
REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION IN MEXICO NOT BEING SET FORTH BY LOS ANGELES PENDING INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] IN HOUSTON. UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR
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b6 b7C b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-47749
Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81
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