Nitel Butte to Seattle, Las Vegas and Portland re Ben Franklin Stephens, Sr.
Document date 5 June 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:383-384 Document: Nitel Butte to Seattle, Las Vegas and Portland re Ben Franklin Stephens, Sr. Id: Cooper-Part-111:383-384 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A383-384 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. 383–384 (DB Cooper-50796–50797), Teletype, dated 5 Jun 1972, serial SE 164-81-3504 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A383-384
NR 010 BT PLAIN 11:55 PM NITEL 6-5-72 DDR TO: SEATTLE 164-81 LAS VEGAS 164-60 PORTLAND 164-41 FROM: BUTTE 164-26
NORJAK.
RE: SUSPECT BEN FRANKLIN STEPHENS, SR. RE SEATTLE TEL JUNE FIVE CARRYING SUSPECT (FNU) STEVENS.
[REDACTED] BORN DEC. [REDACTED] CERTIFICATE LISTS [REDACTED] BEN FRANKLIN STEPHENS, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
GFPD RECORDS REVEAL THREE ARRESTS FOR STEPHENS, DOB MAY THIRTEEN TWENTY, GF, FOR GAMBLING, ASSAULT, AND ADMITTING PERSON TO BAR AFTER CLOSING HOURS.
[REDACTED], ABOVE ADDRESS, [REDACTED] STATED STEPHENS IN GF AND MISSOULA AREA UNTIL SPRING OF SEVENTY ONE, THEN AT FLATHEAD LAKE AREA WITH P.O. BOX BIGFORK, MONTANA, WHERE HE MANAGED AN ORCHARD. [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED BY SUSPECT APRIL, SEVENTY AND LAST SAW HIM SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO. END PAGE ONE
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INDEXED FILED JUN 5 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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b6 b7C [guess: sub] 436 164-81-3504 DB COOPER-50796
BT 164-26 PAGE TWO
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CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE PRESENT WHEREABOUTS. DAUGHTER [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED], SEATTLE b7C ALLEGEDLY CONTACTED SUSPECT ABOUT FEBRUARY SEVENTY TWO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND MAY HAVE CURRENT ADDRESS. [REDACTED], RESIDES [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, SUSPECTS FATHER, ARTLEY C. STEPHENS, EIGHTY YEARS, RESIDES ONE SIX ZERO EIGHT HOUSSELS, LAS VEGAS.
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SUSPECT, WHITE, MALE, SIX FT., ONE INCH, ONE EIGHT FIVE- TWO ZERO ZERO POUNDS, BROAD SHOULDERS, SLENDER BUILD, BLOND WAVY HAIR, BLUE EYES, FAIR COMPLEXION AND HAS UNUSUALLY SMALL EARS. [REDACTED] UNABLE TO LOCATE PHOTO LESS THAN FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
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[REDACTED] STATED SUSPECT IS WWII PARATROOPER, HAS FLARE FOR THE FLAMBOUANT, FITS DESCRIBTION OF HIJACKER AND RESEMBLES CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER. SHE CONSIDERS HIM POSSIBLE SUSPECT. LAS VEGAS CONTACT SUSPECT FATHER ARTLEY C. STEPHENS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE SUSPECT.
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SEATTLE CONTACT [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] b6 AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ESTABLISH SUSPECTS WHEREABOUTS b7C DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. BUTTE AT BIG FORK, MONTANA WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE SUSPECT AT BIG FORK, MONTANA AND DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. AT HELENA, MONTANA WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE DRIVERS LICENSE PHOTO RE SUSPECT. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END
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DB COOPER-50797
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FEE FBI SEATTLE CLR
Serials: BT 164-26, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3504
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