Director FBI to Seattle relaying Chicago information from Traverse City walk-in

Document date 9 December 1981

Part 113pages 368–3703 pagesDB Cooper-19022–19024

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Document: Teletype Director FBI to Seattle relaying Chicago information from Traverse City walk-in
Id: Cooper-Part-113:368-370
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 pp. 368–370 (DB Cooper-19022–19024), Teletype, dated 9 Dec 1981 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-113%3A368-370

VZCZ CHGO#39 RR SE DE HQ #0039 3432249 ZNR UUUUU R 091455Z DEC 81 FM DIRECTOR FBI TO FBI SEATTLE ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A),

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BY TELETYPE DATED DECEMBER 9, 1981, FBI, CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE, FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING:

RE WFO TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, DECEMBER 1, 1981.

FOR INFORMATION OF ATLANTA FOLLOWING IS EXCERPTED FROM REFERENCED TEL:

"ON NOVEMBER 12, 1981, [REDACTED] TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, APPEARED AT THE TRAVERSE CITY RESIDENT AGENCY AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED SHE HAS INFORMATION REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER AND INVOLVING INITIAL D.B. COOPER, THE NAME USED BY SUSPECT IN

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DEC 9 1981

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DB Cooper-19022

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b6 per FBI b7C per FBI b7D per FBI

b6 per FBI b7C b7D

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PAGE TWO DE HQ 0039 UNCLAS INSTANT MATTER. [REDACTED] STATED THAT THE MATTER HAD BEEN BOTHERING HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. [REDACTED] WENT ON TO STATE THAT SHE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT SHE NOW WORKS FOR A [REDACTED] MICHIGAN. SHE ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] IS CURRENTLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT SHE WORKED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] SHE STATED THAT [REDACTED] FITS THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF D.B. COOPER AND THAT HE IS REPORTEDLY A FORMER MARINE PARATROOPER. SHE STATED IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE SHE HAS SEEN [REDACTED], HOWEVER FEELS THAT THE FACT THAT HE WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND IS A FORMER MARINE PARATROOPER AND LOOKS LIKE THE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH, SHE FELT THAT SHE SHOULD BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FBI. [REDACTED] STATED THAT [REDACTED] IS OF

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DB Cooper-19023

PAGE THREE DE HQ 0839 UNCLAS

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MEXICAN-AMERICAN DESCENT AND IS APPROXIMATELY 5'3" TALL WITH BROWN HAIR AND MEDIUM BUILD. SHE STATED THAT HE HAS A HIGH FOREHEAD AND/OR RECEDING HAIR LINE. [REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND DESIRE TO HAVE THEIR IDENTITY PROTECTED IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT [REDACTED] AND MAY EXPERIENCE RIDICULE AND/OR RETALIATION IF [REDACTED] IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE WITH COOPER".

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ON DECEMBER 8, 1981, BILL MC GOWAN, INTERNAL SECURITY, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, GREAT LAKES REGION, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, ADVISED A REVIEW OF FAA RECORDS DETERMINED ONE DONALD CASS IS AN FAA EMPLOYEE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AT THE FAA REGIONAL OFFICE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO ATLANTA IN 1980, CASS WAS TOWER CHIEF AT THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN AIRPORT.

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ATLANTA REQUESTED TO LOCATE AND CONDUCT "LOOK ALIKE" INVESTIGATION RE COOPER PER REFERENCED TEL. BT #0839

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b6 per FBI b7C b7D

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DB Cooper-19024

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[illegible initials]

Serials: 0839, HQ #0039 3432249, HQ 0039, NORJAK, NORJAK (A)