Seattle to Acting Director re NORJAK suspect Alvin Curtis Hartley
Document date 19 January 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:504-507 Document: Teletype Seattle to Acting Director re NORJAK suspect Alvin Curtis Hartley Id: Cooper-Part-111:504-507 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A504-507 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. 504–507 (DB Cooper-50938–50941), Teletype, dated 19 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A504-507
NR012 SE PLAIN 10:37 PM NITEL 1/19/73 DCA TO ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) DENVER (164-98) LOS ANGELES (164-497) PHOENIX (164-100) LAS VEGAS (164-60) ST. LOUIS (164-73) NEW ORLEANS (164-136) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (INFO) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 4P
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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.
RE NEW ORLEANS URGENT TELETYPE TO ACTING DIRECTOR AND SEATTLE DATED 1/18/73. RE: SUB ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY. FOR THE INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, INVESTIGATION NEW ORLEANS DIVISION 1/7/73 REVEALED ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NORJAK SUSPECT. WEALTHY BERWICK, LOUISIANA BUSINESSMAN, DOYLE BERRY, APPROACHED BY HARTLEY WHO REQUESTED BERRY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING END PAGE ONE
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Sub 437
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Sub 437 164-81- 4363 DB COOPER-50938
PAGE TWO SE 164-81
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GOLD AND PLATINUM AND TRANSPORTING SAME TO CANADA FOR SALE. DURING COURSE OF DISCUSSION, BERRY ASKED TO ASCERTAIN FROM HIS POLITICAL CONTACTS IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IF HARTLEY NORJAK SUSPECT. BERRY STATED HARTLEY APPEARED VERY CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT BE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.
HARTLEY DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, BORN 7/27/20, BRULE, WISCONSIN, 6 FEET, 175-180 POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 471-16-6629, FBI NUMBER 796324 B. IDENTIFICATION RECORDS REFLECT PRIOR ARRESTS 7/22/67, U. S. CUSTOMS, NOGALES, ARIZONA, FOR GOLD SMUGGLING; 1/3/69, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ROBBERY; 3/5/69, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, FUGITIVE FROM CALIFORNIA; 3/12/69, POLICE DEPARTMENT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, RE- CEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, ILLEGAL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF FIREARMS; 10/4/69, PD, CHANDLER, ARIZONA, FORGERY.
INVESTIGATION AT NEW ORLEANS DISCLOSED HARTLEY SERVED AS PATROL- MAN FOR LAS VEGAS PD AND HUNTINGTON, CALIFORNIA, PD AND SERVED AS PARATROOPER WITH U. S. ARMY, 1941-1945.
HARTLEY SUSPECT IN GOLD SMUGGLING MATTERS, AND INVESTIGATION INDICATES HARTLEY IN THE PAST HAS OPERATED AS "CON MAN" IN ATTEMPTING TO SELL GOLD THAT DID NOT EXIST. END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-50939
PAGE THREE SE 164-81
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BERRY ADVISED HARTLEY ALWAYS CARRIES .38 CALIBER SNUB-NOSE RE- VOLVER IN BELT AND HAS .22 CALIBER AUTOMATIC PISTOL IN BRIEFCASE AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
BERRY FURTHER ADVISED THAT HARTLEY IS NOW BALD BUT FEELS THAT HE SHAVES HIS HEAD. HARTLEY HAS WORKED AS PROSPECTOR AND MINER IN COLORADO AND ARIZONA AND IS DESCRIBED AS OUTDOOR TYPE. BERRY ADVISED SUSPECT HARTLEY CURRENTLY IN RANGELY, COLORADO, OR PUEBLO, COLORADO, BUT ANTICIPATES HARTLEY MAY RETURN TO BERWICK, LOUISIANA, NEXT WEEK.
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NEW ORLEANS DIVISION ADVISED IN REFERENCED COMMUNICATION THAT HARTLEY COULD HAVE FENCED NORJAK RANSOM MONEY FOR GOLD WHICH HE IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO MOVE.
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DENVER. AT RANGELY AND PUEBLO, COLORADO. DISCREETLY ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN HARTLEY'S WHEREABOUTS ON 11/24/71 THROUGH EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SUITABLE RECORDS. FURTHER ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN HARTLEY'S BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA TO DETERMINE IF HE IS IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.
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LAS VEGAS. AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. OBTAIN BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPH OF HARTLEY AND FORWARD SAME TO SEATTLE.
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LOS ANGELES. AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. REVIEW HARTLEY'S END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-50940
PAGE FOUR SE 164-81
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ARREST REPORTS AND SET FORTH APPROPRIATE LEADS. OBTAIN AND FORWARD COPIES OF HARTLEY'S PHOTO TO SEATTLE. IF HUNTINGTON, CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWN TO LOS ANGELES DIVISION, SET FORTH APPROPRIATE LEADS. (NOTE: THERE IS NO HUNTINGTON, CALIFORNIA, IN U. S. POSTAL GUIDE).
PHOENIX. AT CHANDLER AND NOGALES, ARIZONA. REVIEW HARTLEY'S ARREST REPORTS AND SET FORTH APPROPRIATE LEADS. OBTAIN AND FORWARD COPIES OF HARTLEY'S PHOTOGRAPH TO SEATTLE.
NEW ORLEANS. AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. FORWARD HARTLEY'S PHOTOGRAPH TO SEATTLE. MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH BERRY REGARDING HARTLEY.
ST. LOUIS. AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. WILL OBTAIN A COPY OF HARTLEY'S MILITARY RECORD AND FORWARD SAME TO SEATTLE. H[illegible handwritten annotation]
SEATTLE. AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WILL FORWARD HARTLEY'S PHOTO TO DENVER AND MINNEAPOLIS FOR DISPLAY TO NORJAK WITNESSES ONLY IF HARTLEY CANNOT BE ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT ANY OTHER WAY.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB COOPER-50941
Serials: 164-2111, 471-16-6629, DN 164-98, LA 164-497, LV 164-60, MP 164-73, NO 164-136, PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4363
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