SAC Springfield to Acting Director re NORJAK suspect Willard Carlos Twigg
Document date 29 June 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:390-394 Document: Teletype SAC Springfield to Acting Director re NORJAK suspect Willard Carlos Twigg Id: Cooper-Part-112:390-394 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A390-394 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. 390–394 (DB Cooper-51246–51250), Teletype, dated 29 Jun 1972, serial SE 164-81-3675 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A390-394
NR 006 SI PLAIN 3:58PM URGENT 6-29-72 GWM TO; ACTIND DIRECTOR, FBI ATTENTION FBI LABORATORY INDIANAPOLIS LOS ANGELES SALT LAKE CITY SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SPRINGFIELD (165-31)
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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE
RE CHICAGO TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU JUNE TWENTYSEVEN LAST.
FOR INFORMATION OF INDIANAPOLIS, LLOS ANGELES, AND SALT LAKE CITY, RE CHICAGO TELETYPE ADVISED BE TWIGG, PARIS, ILLINOIS, HAD CONTACTED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE TWENTY- FIVE LAST AND ADVISED HIS BROTHER POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN CAPTIONED SKYJACK.
ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE TWIGG AT PARIS, ILLINOIS, JUNE TWENTY- SEVEN LAST NEGATIVE, AND EVENING OF JUNE TWENTYEIGHT LAST, BEN TWIGG, RESIDENCE TWO THREE FIVE WEST MADISON STREET, PARIS, ILLINOIS CONTACTED AT BUSINESS LOCATION AT MECO INDUSTRIES, PARIS, ILLINOIS. END PAGE ONE
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[handwritten] Sub. 450 164-81-3675 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...FILED... JUN 29 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-51246
SI 164-31 PAGE TWO
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WHERE HE IS EMPLOYED AS SALES MANAGER. TWIGG ADVISED HE HAD JUST SEEN ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING OF UNSUB, AKA D. B. COOPER, IN JUNE ISSUE LIFE MAGAZINE, AND DRAWING EXCELLENT LIKENESS TO HIS BROTHER, WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG, WHO HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE NOVEMBER, SEVENTYONE. HE STATED BROTHER HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN MANU- FACTURE OF JET AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND HAS EXCELLENT WORKING KNOWLEDGE RE ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT; HOWEVER, NO KNOWN PARACHUTING EXPREIENCE. TWIGG HAS NEVER KNOWN BROTHER TO USE ANY ALIAS, BUT NAME D. B. COOPER IS FAMILIAR AS POSSIBLY BEING SOMEONE IN HIS PAST.
TWIGG DESCRIBED BROTHER AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DOB MARCH TWENTYSEVEN, TWENTYTWO, POB TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, SINGLE, SIX FEET ONE, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD, BLACK HAIR AND EYES, NO PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE, ALL FALSE TEETH, LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, MEXICAN HAT, UTAH. TWIGG POINTED OUT BROTHER ALMOST ALWAYS WEARS BUSINESS SUIT WITH WHITE SHIRT AND IS HEAVY DRINKER. HE ADVISED BROTHER DEEPLY IN DEBT AND AT ONE TIME TOLD [REDACTED], WHO WORKS IN [REDACTED], ALLISON DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS, IP, SOME TIME AGO, HE WAS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE BECAUSE OF DEBTS. HE ADVISED BROTHER IS ALSO CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF [REDACTED] TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] WHO END PAGE TWO
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b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-51247
SI 164-31 PAGE THREE
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HAS PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH BROTHER, HOWEVER, [REDACTED] HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SEVENTYONE. TWIGG STATED [REDACTED] ADVISED BROTHER LAST WORKING WITH WESTWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, MIXICAN HAT, UTAH, HOME OFFICE EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA. TWIGG FURTHER ADVISED BROTHER OWES FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, APPROXIMATELY FORTYFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND [REDACTED], ACQUAINTED WITH BROTHER. TWIGG ALSO FURNISHED NAME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED], NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA. AN EXPLOYED OF LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT, WHO COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIS BROTHER.
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HE ADVISED BROTHER WAS ARRESTED EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FOR INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT IN SIXTYSIX OR SIXTYSEVEN. TWIGG KNOWS OF NO OTHER ARREST BUT EXPLAINED BROTHER WAS SUBJECT OF GOVERNEMT SECURITY CLEARANCE WHILE HANDLING DEFENSE CONTRACTS IN FORTYNINE. TWIGG FURNISHED TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF BROTHER TAKEN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY YEARS AGO AND WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND MORE CURRENT PHOTOGRAPH PLUS SAMPLE OF BROTHER'S HANDWRITING. TWIGG ADVISED BROTHER IS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND BELIEVES HE IS CAPABLE OF CAPTIONED SKYJACK. END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-51248
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b6 b7C
SI 164-31 PAGE FOUR
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SPRINGFIELD INDICES NEGATIVE RE TWIGG.
FBI LABORATORY, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE ANY LATENT FINGERPRINTS PREVIOUSLY DEVELPED IN THIS MATTER WITH THOSE OF WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG, DOB MARCH TWENTYSEVEN, TWENTYTWO.
LOS ANGELES AT EL SEGUNDO, CONDUCT ARREST CHECK RE WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH.
AT NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOR ANY ADDTIONAL INFORMATION RE WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG.
SALT LAKE CITY AT MEXICAN HAT, UTAH, ATTEMPT TO CONTACT PERSONNEL AT WESTWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE TWIGG.
INDIANAPOLIS AT INDIANAPOLIS, CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ALLSION DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS, RE TWIGG.
AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, CONTACT 3,3 '9 ,9,, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] RE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF TWIGG AND ALSO [REDACTED], FIRST NATIONAL BANK, RE TWIGG'S DEBT THERE.
SPRINGFIELD AT PARIS, ILL., WILL MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH BENJAMIN TWIGG. TWO THREE FIVE WEST MADISON STREET, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND HANDWRITING SAMPLES HE MAY LCATE.
END PAGE FOUR
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DB COOPER-51249
SI 164-31 PAGE FIVE
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG AS FURNISHED BY BROTHER MAILED DIRECT TO SEATTLE DIVISION FROM DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. RA.
WILLARD CARLOS TWIGG SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. P.
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AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, CONATACT [REDACTED] b6 b7C AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, CONTACT [REDACTED] TELEPHONE
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DB COOPER-51250
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3675, SI 164-31