Nitel San Francisco to Seattle re NORJAK suspect John Whatley aka John Watley, with leads
Document date 8 May 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:242-244 Document: Nitel San Francisco to Seattle re NORJAK suspect John Whatley aka John Watley, with leads Id: Cooper-Part-111:242-244 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A242-244 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 111 pp. 242–244 (DB Cooper-5062, DB Cooper-50625, DB Cooper-50626), Teletype, dated 8 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3373 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A242-244
NR 009 SF PLAINTEXT 841PM NITEL 5/8/72 EJG
TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) 3P
SUBJECT: NORJAK, RE SUSPECT JOHN WHATLEY, AKA JOHN WATLEY
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[REDACTED], PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED SA [REDACTED] OF THE PALO ALTO RESIDENT AGENCY THIS DATE OF THE FOLLOWING: [REDACTED] STATED THAT IN NINETEEN SIXTY FOUR HE [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ARKANSAS, WHERE [REDACTED] RAZOR BACK SKY DIVING CLUB END QUOTE. WHILE A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB HE MET ONE JOHN WHATLEY, OR WATLEY, WHO WAS STATIONED IN THE ARMY AT CAMP CHAFFEE (PHONETIC) FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT WHATLEY, WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA, WAS AN EXPERT PARACHUTIST, AND THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO SKY DIVING CLUB AT CHAFFEE, HE WOULD JUMP WITH THE RAZOR BACK CLUB ON THE WEEKENDS. [REDACTED] ATTRIBUTED WHATLEY AS BEING INTELLIGENT, A GOOD
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SEARCHED [REDACTED] INDEXED [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] MAY 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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Sub. 4/5 164-81-3373
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DB COOPER-5062[4]
SF 164-220 PAGE TWO
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TECHNICIAN, AN EXCEPTIONAL PARACHUTIST, AND A QUOTE VERY COOL INDIVIDUAL END QUOTE. [REDACTED] STATED THAT HE LATER HEARD THAT WHATLEY HAD RETURNED TO TUCSON IN NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE, WHERE HE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] STATED THAT HE REASON HE IS GIVING THIS INFORMATION IS THAT HE READ OF D.B. COOPER'S DESCRIPTION IN QUOTE TIME AND NEWSWEEK END QUOTE MAGAZINES, AND FOUND IT TO BE CLOSE TO WHATLEY'S DESCRIPTION. HE ALSO REMEMBERED HEARING THAT WHATLEY HAD GONE FROM TUCSON TO SEATTLE TO WORK FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED WHATLEY AS A DARK COMPLECTED CAUCASIAN, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TO ONE HUNDRED NINETY POUNDS, AND WITH BLACK HAIR. HE STATED THAT WHATLEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY IN HIS LATE THIRTIES AT THAT TIME.
[REDACTED] WILL BE AT [REDACTED] IN PALO ALTO UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, NINETEEN SEVENTY TWO. HIS PERMANENT RESIDENCE IS [REDACTED] ARKANSAS. AT THIS TIME HE IS STAYING AT THE LOS ALTOS INN MOTEL IN LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] WISHES TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
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DB COOPER-50625
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SF 164-228 PAGE THREE
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LEADS
PHOENIX
AT TUCSON, ARIZONA: WILL CONDUCT CREDIT, CRIMINAL AND DIVORCE RECORDS CHECKS TO IDENTIFY WHATLEY.
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: WILL CONTACT BOEING AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, AND CONDUCT OTHER LOGICAL INVESTIGATION TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHATLEY.
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END
FEE
FBI SEATTLE HOLD
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DB COOPER-50626
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3373, SF 164-220, SF 164-228
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