SAC Seattle to SAC Dallas re suspect Alvin Benton Celcer with leads to Dallas, Miami, Phoenix
Document date 4 October 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:242-244
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:242-244 Document: Airtel SAC Seattle to SAC Dallas re suspect Alvin Benton Celcer with leads to Dallas, Miami, Phoenix Id: Cooper-Part-112:242-244 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%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 112 pp. 242–244 (DB Cooper-51076–51078), Airtel, dated 4 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3963 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A242-244
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 10/4/72
Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via Airtel Airmail (Priority)
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TO: SAC, DALLAS (164-191)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK (RE: ALVIN BENTON CELCER) OO: SEATTLE
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Re Miami airtel to San Antonio dated 6/12/72.
CELCER suggested as possible suspect by two separate sources, one in Washington, one in Miami, because of his life style, appearance, flying experience and his habit of paying large bills with cash.
CELCER is described as follows:
Race White Sex Male Date of birth 12/28/32 Place of birth Dallas, Texas Height 5' 11" Weight 164 Build Athletic Hair Brown and short, thinning Eyes Brown Social Security Account Number 528-42-7573 FAA Certificate Number 1348347 Remarks Tapered face, residence Castle Hotel Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
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2 - Dallas (164-191) 2 - Miami (164-552) 2 - Phoenix (164-100) (3)- Seattle RNN/sem (9)
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Sub 446 164-81-3963
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DB COOPER-51076
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Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge *U.S. Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574
SE 164-81
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Sister [REDACTED] b6 b7C Occupation Flying charter aircraft for the Port-Au-Prince Air Service
It has been determined CELCER possibly purchased boat, the [REDACTED] Payson, Arizona, in November, 1971.
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CELCER interviewed by Bureau Agents in Long Beach, California, on May 16, 1972, concerning theft of Slickercraft Cruiser boat, from Leisure Hours, Addison, Texas, (Seattle File 87-13792). At that time CELCER requested of the Agents that the Dallas Office coordinate future interviews with him through [REDACTED] in b6 Corpus Christi, Texas. b7C
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A May, 1963, photograph of CELCER was shown to three Seattle witnesses, all commented that based on photo- graph CELCER not identical with Unsub in this matter.
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The Bureau has advised this case must receive prompt and thorough attention. The following leads have been outstanding for sixty days or more and are being set out here to insure expeditious handling.
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LEADS
DALLAS
AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Will attempt to locate and interview CELCER through [REDACTED] b6 b7C MIAMI
AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Will exhibit photograph of CELCER forwarded to Miami by the San Antonio Division by airtel dated June 27, 1972,
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DB COOPER-51077
SE 164-81
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to [REDACTED] to determine if ALVIN BENTON CELCER is identical to the CELCER referred to in referenced communi- cation.
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AT MIAMI, FLORIDA
Will determine the whereabouts of CELCER through the United States Coast Guard, 51 Northeast First Avenue, Suite 301, and set out appropriate leads to have CELCER interviewed
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PHOENIX
AT PAYSON, ARIZONA
Will locate and interview [REDACTED] to deter- mine if he can verify CELCER's whereabouts on November 24, 1971.
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB COOPER-51078
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b6 b7C
Serials: DL 164-191, MM 164-552, PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3963