Seattle to Los Angeles re Tarzana, California interview and yellow Pinto lead

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Original title: Teletype Seattle to Los Angeles re Tarzana, California interview and yellow Ford Pinto lead

Document date 22 April 1972

Part 109pages 22–232 pagesDB Cooper-49474–49475

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 109 pp. 22–23 (DB Cooper-49474–49475), Teletype, dated 22 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-2864 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-109%3A022-023

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Date: 4/22/72

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TO : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

NORJAK.

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPES TO BUREAU, SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO APRIL SEVENTEEN AND TWENTYONE, LAST, AND SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE.

INTERVIEW WITH [redacted] AT TARZANA, CALIFORNIA, DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD TRAVELLED TO SEATTLE AND STAYED AT THE EDGEWATER INN, FEBRUARY TWENTYTWO, SEVENTYTWO, WHERE HE AND [redacted] MET KARL FLEMING, ALSO FROM LOS ANGELES. [redacted] HAD INDICATED ON LATER INTERVIEW, THAT AT SEATTLE THEY WERE DRIVEN BY A MAN NAMED [redacted] IN A RENTED HERTZ CAR TO A WATER-SIDE PARK IN THE NORTH AREA OF SEATTLE WHERE [redacted] [redacted] UP BY [redacted] RECORDS OF EDGEWATER INN REFLECT A TELEPHONE CALL BY FLEMING TO TELEPHONE NUMBER AREA CODE [redacted] [redacted] IN SILVERDALE, WASHINGTON, LISTED TO A [redacted] [redacted]

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Approved: _______________ Sent __________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-138

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DB COOPER-49474

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PAGE TWO SE 16481

TRANSPORTATION AT THE MOTEL WHICH WAS FURNISHED

BY [REDACTED] WAS IN A YELLOW SMALL CAR AND INVESTIGATION NOW

REFLECTS THAT [REDACTED] DOES IN FACT POSSESS SUCH

A CAR WHICH IS A PINTO. [REDACTED] IS [REDACTED]

YEARS OLD, HAS BROWN HAIR, WEARS A BEARD AND OTHERWISE

FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF [REDACTED] HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED

EXTENSIVELY TODAY. HE ADMITS KNOWING KARL FLEMING, ADMITS

HAVING NEGOTIATED WITH HIM ABOUT [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] BUT WILL NOT ADMIT ACTUALLY HAVING INTRODUCED

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] HE WILL NOT ADMIT TAKING PART IN A MEETING IN

SEATTLE, DESCRIBED IN REFERENCED TELETYPES.

IN NEGOTIATING WITH FLEMING [REDACTED]

SAID HE ASKED FOR [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] BUT FLEMING

SAID IT WAS WORTH ONLY [REDACTED]

STATES HE GAVE CONSIDERABLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HIMSELF

IN INTERVIEWS WITH FLEMING.

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Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge

Sent ________ M Per ________

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-138

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DB COOPER-49475

Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2864