Honolulu to Director and offices re NORJAK suspect background and leads

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 111pages 38–414 pagesDB Cooper-2083–2086

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Document: Teletype Honolulu to Director and offices re NORJAK suspect background and leads
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 pp. 38–41 (DB Cooper-2083–2086), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-236 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A038-041

NR010 WA CODE SENT 552AM 11-30-71 1138 PM 11-29-71 NITEL DXD TO ALEXANDRIA, NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA CITY, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE AND WFO ALL OFFICES VIA WDC FROM HONOLULU (164-85) (P)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN, PORTLAND, OREGON, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING. OO-SEATTLE

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REPX NITEL NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED ELEVEN TWENTYNINE LAST; FAA, HONOLULU RECORDS DISCLOSED ONE [REDACTED] HAD PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ONE TWO FOUR FIVE FOUR ZERO FOUR AND HE MAY HAVE WORKED FOR HAWAIIAN AIR TOURIST SERVICE (HATS). NO OTHER DATA AVAILABLE. [REDACTED] ADVISED KNEW CASE AND EMPLOYED HIM FROM ABOUT AUGUST SIXTYSEVEN TO NOV. SIXTYSEVEN WHEN RESIGNED TO GO WITH OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRLINES (ONA) NYC TO FLY DC-NINES. CHIEF PILOT DISCRIBED CASE AS SIX FOOT, BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, ONE SEVENTY LBS., AGE THIRTSFIVE NOW, HANDSOME, GREGARIOUS AND TALKATIVE. HE CAME TO [REDACTED] CHIEF PILOT, HATS, CHARACTERIZED CASE AS HAVING "SHARP TEMPER". HATS PERSONELL END PAGE ONE

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SEE LAST PAGE Re ADVISING [illegible]

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SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 30 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2083

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b6 per FBI b7C per FBI

b3 per FBI b6 per FAA b7C per FAA

b3 per FBI b6 per FBI and FAA b7C per FBI and FAA

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164-81-236

PAGE TWO RECORDS WERE LOCKED UNTIL A.M. OF NOV. THIRTY INSTANT AT WHICH TIME FURTHER BACKGROUND WOULD BE AVAILABLE. [REDACTED] ADVISED FIRM ENTERED BANKRUPTSY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND PERTINENT RECORDS FURNISHED FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY REFEREE AND HE IS SURE PERSONELL RECORDS WERE DESTROYED BY HIM AT THAT TIME. [REDACTED] RECALLS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WORKED FOR HIM [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SAID [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND IN HIS OPINION HE IS [REDACTED] ISLANDS TO WORK FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HOWEVER HE LAST HEAR OF CASE AS [REDACTED] NAME UNKNOWN, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DESCRIPTION OF [REDACTED] SIMILAR TO THAT IN RE NITEL ADDING [REDACTED] PERSON AND SAID [REDACTED] POSSIBLY KNEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] EMPLOYED BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AREA AND COULD BE LOCATED BY [REDACTED] TELEPHONE [REDACTED] END PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] CALIF., PHONE [REDACTED]

NONE OF ABOVE INDIVIDUALS HAD BIRTH DATES FOR [REDACTED] RECORDS HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DMV NEGATIVE RE [REDACTED] BASED ON INFO AVAILABLE.

FOR INFO NITEL DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS LOOK ALIKE TO ARTIST CONCEPTION OF UNSUB. [REDACTED] COVERED BY FLIGHT. HE IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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OFFICES WITH FOLLOWING LEADS WILL CHECK FOR BACKGROUND, CURRENT WHEREABOUTS, PHOTO OF CASE.

[REDACTED]

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NEW YORK, RECORDS OF ONA.

OKLAHOMA CITY, CHECK FAA PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ONE TWO FOUR FIVE FOUR ZERO FOUR.

SAN FRANCISCO, CONTACT [REDACTED]

END PAGE THREE

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PAGE FOUR

KNOWLEDGE OF CASE.

SEATTLE, SHOULD NOTE [REDACTED] THEREFORE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ADVISING BUREAU IF NOT ALREADY DONE.

[REDACTED]

HONOLULU WILL REVIEW [REDACTED] ELEVEN THIRTY AND SUBMIT RESULTS BY AIRTEL.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

END AND ACK FOR TWO TELS PLS$

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DB Cooper-2086

Serials: HN 164-85, SE 164-81-236