SAC Denver to SAC Las Vegas re Hartley interview and leads, DN 164-98
Document date 3 May 1973
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Id: Cooper-Part-111:420-421
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:420-421 Document: Airtel SAC Denver to SAC Las Vegas re Hartley interview and leads, DN 164-98 Id: Cooper-Part-111:420-421 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A420-421 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. 420–421 (DB Cooper-50833–50834), Airtel, dated 3 May 1973, serial SE 164-81-4689 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A420-421
5/3/73
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AIRTEL AIRMAIL, REGISTERED
TO: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
FROM: SAC, DENVER (164-96) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (OO: Seattle)
Re Denver airtel to Seattle, dated 4/25/73.
Enclosed for the Seattle Division are eight copies of an FD-302 and enclosed for the Las Vegas Division is one copy of FD-302 reflecting interview of suspect ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY.
When initially contacted, HARTLEY was very evasive and was not interested in talking with the FBI regarding any of his activities. When questions specifically about his whereabouts during November, 1971, and his involvement in the captioned matter, HARTLEY indicated that during August or September, 1971, he had fallen off of a horse breaking his left wrist and for about a period of approximately five months had a cast extending from his left hand up over his left elbow. HARTLEY advised he was treated by a general practitioner in Las Vegas, Nevada, named [REDACTED] specific address unrecalled.
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In addition to the fact that HARTLEY may have been wearing a cast on his left arm at the time of the NORJAK hijacking, he also displayed a 12" operational scar in the lower lumbar region of his back, indicating
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2 - Las Vegas (Enc. 1) (AM,RM) (2) - Seattle (Enc. 8) (AM,RM) 2 - Denver CB:cw (6)
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Sub 437 164-81-4689
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[partially legible stamp] MAY 7 1973
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DB COOPER-50833
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DN 164-98
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that he had had back surgery in 1960, wherein two vertebrate and one disc had been removed. HARTLEY indicated during the interview that he could not even jump off a two foot step, let alone jump out of an airplane, and he denied being in any aircraft hijacking.
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LEADS:
THE LAS VEGAS DIVISION:
At Las Vegas, Nevada:
Will locate a [REDACTED] General Practitioner, who had treated ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY for a broken left wrist which occurred in approximately August, or September, 1971.
(2) Will determine if HARTLEY would have been wearing a full cast on his left arm at the time of the NORJAK Hijacking.
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DB COOPER-50834
Serials: 164-96, DN 164-98, LV 164-60, SE 164-81-4689