SAC Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Worden
Document date 27 July 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-113:079-082 Document: Teletype SAC Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Worden Id: Cooper-Part-113:079-082 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-113%3A079-082 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 113 pp. 79–82 (DB Cooper-51568–51571), Teletype, dated 27 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3704 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-113%3A079-082
NR 002 BT PLAIN 5:30 PM NITEL 7-27-72 TDS TO ALBANY PORTLAND (164-41) ST LOUIS SEATTLE (164-81) FROM BUTTE (164-26) (P)
NORJAK. OO :SEATTLE
RE SALT LAKE CITY TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, JULY TWO FIVE, LAST.
[REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTY), DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RESIDENCE BURLEY, IDAHO, ADVISED HE CONCEIVED HIJACKING IDEA IN ONE NINE SIX TWO - SIX THREE AS POSSIBLE TV SCRIPT. HE ENTERED USA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ASSIGNED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TRAINED FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FT. BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED TO OKINAWA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHERE HE FIRST MET RICHARD M. WORDEN. WORDEN'S HOME, KENT BOULEVARD, ILION, NEW YORK, ALSO PARATROOPER AND DEMOLITION SPECIALIST MOS ONE TWO ONE POINT ONE THREE AND TRAINED AT FT. BRAGG. WORDEN HAD ARMY SERIAL ONE TWO FIVE SIX TWO ONE NINE ONE. END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] JUL 2 8 1972 [illegible] SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-51568
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[REDACTED] DISCUSSED HIJACK PLAN WITH WORDEN ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND SUGGESTED NORTHWEST AREA AS IDEAL LOCATION AND TWO HUNDRED GRAND MENTIONED AS RANSON. NO SPECIFIC DROP AREA, AIRLINE, OR CITIES MENTIONED. ACCOMPLICE ON GROUND WAS TO BE USED. CREW WAS NOT TO KNOW WHEN JUMP MADE. DUE TO HAZARD OF JUMPING FROM SIDE DORS ON COMMERICAL JETS IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME, PLAN ABANDONED. WORDEN ONLY PERSON [REDACTED] DISCUSSED PLAN WITH.
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[REDACTED] LAST SAW WORDEN IN OKINAWA IN ONE NINE SIX SIX, AND HAS HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT SINCE. [REDACTED] DISCHARGED, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, [REDACTED], AS [REDACTED] AND WORDEN PRESUMABLY SOME TIME THREAFTER. WORDEN'S PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.
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[REDACTED] BELIEVES WORDEN HAS ABILITY AND MENTALITY TO CARRY OUT INSTANT HIJACKING BUT DOUBTS HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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WORDEN TOLD [REDACTED] OF NINETY THOUSAND DOLLAR SAFE BURGLARY HE AND TWO BUDDIES COMMITED INOR NEAR ILION, PRIOR TO
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DB COOPER-51569
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ENTERING SERVICE. SAFE WAS REMOVED FROM PREMISES AND TOOK POLICE ONE WEEK TO DETERMINE HOW IT WAS REMOVED. MONEY HIDDEN BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AS WAS WORDEN. NO NAMES AVAILABLE TO [REDACTED] THIS SAME GROUP ALSO STOLE MANY MOTORS FROM CADILLACS AND HAD REMOVAL PROCESS DONE IN THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
WORDEN MAY HAVE USED ONE OF THESE BUDDIES AS ACCOMPLICE IN HIJACKING.
[REDACTED] WILL PRODUCE PHOTO OF WORDEN WHO IS WM, TWENTY- NINE TO THIRTY-ONE YEARS OLD, FIVE FEET NINE OR TEN INCHES, SLENDER BUILD, BROWN HAIR AND EYES, NO GLASSES.
[REDACTED] DENIED [REDACTED] AND HAS HAD TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS COLLEGE. INSISTS HE WANTS ANY REWARD WHICH MAY BE PAID.
ALBANY, AT ILION, NEW YORK, VERIFY IF RICHARD M. WORDEN RESIDED ILION EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS AS WELL AS NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, ONE NINE SEVEN ONE. DETERMINE IF NINETY THOUSAND DOLLAR SAFE BURGLARY EXISTED
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DB COOPER-51570
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EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES. IF IT IS DEVELOPED WORDEN STRONG SUSPECT OF SUBJECT, WILL HAVE LOCAL BANKS CHECKED FOR RANSOM BILLS.
ST. LOUIS VERIFY WORDEN'S USA RECORD FOR DETAILS OF TRAINING, LOCATION, DATE OF DISCHARGE, AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA. WILL VERIFY TYPE OF DISCHARGE RECEIVED BY [REDACTED] AND IF HE HAS ANY [REDACTED]
SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, DETERMINE IF WORDEN WAS RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON OR OREGON THROUGH MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAUS OR TAX RECORDS.
BUTTE WILL FURNISH SEATTLE WITH PHOTO OF WORDEN WHEN AVAIABLE. END VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-51571
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Serials: BT 164-26, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3704