SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer with Houston insert on stolen boat
Document date 29 September 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:239-241
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:239-241 Document: Airtel SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer with Houston insert on stolen boat Id: Cooper-Part-112:239-241 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A239-241 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 112 pp. 239–241 (DB Cooper-51072, DB Cooper-51074, DB Cooper-51075), Airtel, dated 29 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3965 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A239-241
Sub 446
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9/29/72
AIRTEL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, DALLAS (164-191) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
Re: ALVIN BENTON CELCER
Re Dallas letter to Seattle 7/28/72, concerning captioned matter.
Enclosed are two copies of an insert from the Houston Office, which reveals CELCER is not willing to be interviewed by FBI Agents, except through his attorney in Long Beach. No further action is being taken concerning this suspect.
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On 9/28/72, [REDACTED] Ling-Tempco-Vought Aerospace, P. O. Box 5907, Dallas, Texas, furnished the following:
He said right after the NORJACK case, Aviation Week Magazine had printed a great deal of minute detail concerning the hijack and particularly technical data with respect to the Boeing 727, which was the plane hijacked. It was obvious to him, he said, that the hijacker had to know a great deal about this airplane, because he knew at what degree to have the flaps leveled, the air speed, the time to put the gears down, and etc.
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According to [REDACTED] only an individual who was highly technically qualified in this aircraft would know this information. Therefore he suggested as a lead that Sub 446
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(2) - Seattle (Enc. 2) 1 - Dallas HJM/jma (3)
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16 4 - 81 - 3965 SEARCHED............. INDEXED............. SERIALIZED...EX... FILED...EX...... OCT 4 1972 FBI—SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-51072
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b6 b7C b6 b7C
Sub 4/46
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HO 87-12936 PWH/bc
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The following investigation was conducted by SA PENROD W. HARRIS of the Houston Office.
AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
On June 19, 1972, [REDACTED] Agent in Charge, U. S. Customs, Oil Industries Building, advised as follows: [REDACTED] is assigned at Corpus Christi as [REDACTED]
flight plans. He is stationed at the U. S. Coast Guard hangar at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi.
On July 13, 1972, [REDACTED], was contacted at the U. S. Coast Guard hangar, Naval Air Station, and he advised as follows: His duties [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ALVIN BENTON CELCER is a pilot who has international connections, and he has been of assistance [REDACTED] on a number of occasions in the past. CELCER resides and makes his headquarters in Haiti. [REDACTED] gets in contact with him through calling a telephone number and leaving a message for CELCER to call him.
[REDACTED] advised he had talked to CELCER sometime after May, 1972 and CELCER told him he had been interviewed by FBI Agents at Long Beach, California, but did not go into details.
[REDACTED] said he would attempt to get in contact with CELCER concerning arranging further interview with CELCER by the FBI.
On July 14, 1972, [REDACTED] furnished the following information: He was in telephonic contact with CELCER on July 13, 1972. CELCER told him he "bought a hot boat" and
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Sub 4/4[illegible] 164-81-3965 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED __C__ FILED __C__ OCT 26 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-51074
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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C
2* HO 87-12936
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later sold it, not knowing the boat was stolen. He stated he had sent the bill of sale and his cancelled check used to pay for the boat, [REDACTED] at Long Beach. He indicated to [REDACTED] that he was not guilty of any wrong-doing, or at least that he had done nothing knowingly concerning the boat which was wrong.
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CELCER advised [REDACTED] that he was not willing to be interviewed further by FBI agents except through his attorney in Long Beach.
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b6 b7C
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[illegible]
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DB COOPER-51075
Serials: DL 164-191, HO 87-12936, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3965