SAC New Haven to SAC Mobile re source report on Hatfield
Document date 3 March 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-108:205-206
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-108:205-206 Document: Airtel SAC New Haven to SAC Mobile re source report on Hatfield Id: Cooper-Part-108:205-206 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-108%3A205-206 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 108 pp. 205–206 (DB Cooper-49250–49251), Airtel, dated 3 Mar 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-108%3A205-206
3/3/72
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AIRTEL
TO: SAC, MOBILE
FROM: SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-77)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
ReBuairtel 11/29/71. Source
On 2/14/72 [REDACTED] Conn., who resides at [REDACTED] Conn., advised he had read a story in the "New York Sunday News", page 103 dated 2/13/72, which contained a composite sketch of the unknown hijacker. [REDACTED] said this sketch closely resembles JAMES HATFIELD, [REDACTED]SUBRC7 formerly of Clinton, Conn., who owned Highview Acres, Inc., and who built and sold two to three hundred homes in a development known as Lockwood. [REDACTED] said he formerly lived in this development. He advised that HATFIELD was in financial difficulty and left the area in 1968, at which time he reportedly went to Mexico City. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] said HATFIELD was represented by the law firm of [REDACTED] He also stated that a Mrs. [REDACTED] who lived [REDACTED] was in correspondence with HATFIELD in Mobile, Alabama.
[REDACTED] described HATFIELD as a white male, age 46 - 48, 6', black hair, brown eyes, medium-pitched voice, slight Southern accent, and usually wearing sunglasses. He said HATFIELD was "smart and calm." He also stated HATFIELD often flew a small plane, but he did not know if he was a parachutist.
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2 Mobile 2 Seattle (164-81) 2 New Haven JDM:md (6)
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ MAR 7 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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Source
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DB COOPER-49250
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sub 362
NH 164-77
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On 2/18/72 [REDACTED] advised that HATFIELD, mentioned above, is deceased, having succumbed in Alabama after a six-month illness during which he was confined to bed. He did not [know] the exact location in Alabama. He stated he would be tied up in court for the next several days and requested he be interviewed at a later date.
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On 2/25/72 attempts to contact [REDACTED] were negative.
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On 2/29/72 [REDACTED] stated he was well acquainted with JAMES HATFIELD. He said HATFIELD was former owner and building contractor of Lockwood estates, a housing develop- ment in Clinton, Conn., where he built numerous houses. He said HATFIELD had encountered financial difficulties and he [REDACTED] whose [REDACTED] recalled [REDACTED] He said the former who now lives in the [REDACTED], area.
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[REDACTED] said sometime later, HATFIELD had made several trips to Mexico and had met a Mexican girl whom he subsequently married and brought back to Connecticut where they lived in the above housing development. He said HATFIELD's financial difficulties worsened and during the first part of June 1963, HATFIELD and his family left Connecticut unexpectedly and his whereabouts were unknown for a time. [REDACTED] said that when HATFIELD left Connecticut he went by plane as he was a pilot of small engine aircraft. He had no information as to whether HATFIELD was an experienced parachutist but he did state that HATFIELD and a cousin, name unknown, were in the process of building a small airport near Gulf Shores, Ala., prior to HATFIELD's death. He said HATFIELD's death on 1/6/72 [guess: at] [guess: Mobile]...[guess: was] due to cancer. HATFIELD had had an operation in about August 1971. He was unable to assess HATFIELD's physical capabilities following the operation.
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[REDACTED] said his information re HATFIELD's death had come from HATFIELD's [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He added that HATFIELD's [REDACTED] name unknown, also lives in Alabama, possibly near Gulf Shores. He also believed HATFIELD [REDACTED]
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DB COOPER-49251
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