Las Vegas to Acting Director and Seattle re Robert Van Holton background
Document date 2 March 1973
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-115:414-419 Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Acting Director and Seattle re Robert Van Holton background Id: Cooper-Part-115:414-419 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A414-419 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 115 pp. 414–419 (DB Cooper-5292, DB Cooper-52922, DB Cooper-52923, DB Cooper-52925, DB Cooper-52926, DB Cooper-52927), Teletype, dated 2 Mar 1973, serial SE 164-81-4468 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A414-419
NR 009 LV PLAIN 8:20 PM NITEL 3-2-73 SH TO ACTING DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60) 6 P
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NORJAK.
REBUTELCALL, 3-1-73, BUTEL 3-2-73 AND LV TEL CALLS TO LEGAT MEXICO CITY, 3-2-73.
RE SUSPECT ROBERT VAN HOLTON.
RECORDS, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO), LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, INCICATE ROBERT VAN HOLTON APPLIED FOR WORK PERMIT 9-1-71, INDICATING EMPLOYMENT AT TROPICANA HOTEL-CASINO, LAS VEGAS. THIS WORK APPLICATION INDICATED VAN HOLTON BORN 6-4-27, CHICAGO, ILL., WHITE MALE, 5'10", 155 POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES.
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS INDICATE VAN HOLTON HAS 1972 JAGUAR, CURRENT NEVADA LIC. C20323.
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Sub 6/2 164-81-4468 [SEARCHED ...SERIALIZED... INDEXED...] [FILED...] MAR 2 1973 FBI-SEATTLE
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RECORDS, TROPICANA HOTEL-CASINO, INDICATE VAN HOLTON EMPLOYED AS CASINO CREDIT MANAGER, 9-2-71, AND TERMINATED ON 9-10-71, REASON NOT LISTED. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER INDICATED AS 218-20-1928. OFFICIALS AT TROPICANA ADVISED VAN HOLTON RUMORED TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE [REDACTED] (PH), ARRANGING JUNKETS TO LAS VEGAS FROM MEXICO CITY.
GRACE VAN HOLTON, 615 HOGAN DRIVE, LAS VEGAS, ADVISED HER HUSBAND IS VAN HOLTON, BUT SHE IS DIVORCING HIM FOR PERSONAL REASONS. MRS. VAN HOLTON SAID THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND WENT TO MEXICO CITY IN DECEMBER, 1972, IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT A RECONCILIA- TION. WHILE THERE, THEY RESIDED IN AN APARTMENT AT LONDRES 226. SINCE THE ATTEMPT AT RECONCILIATION FAILED, MRS. VAN HOLTON DEPARTED MEXICO CITY BY PLANE ON 1-9-73, AND RETURNED TO LAS VEGAS.
MRS. VAN HOLTON SAID THAT TO HER KNOWLEDGE, HER HUSBAND IS STILL IN MEXICO, EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENCE UNKNOWN. SHE
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ADVISED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY EMPLOYMENT FOR HER HUSBAND SINCE SEPTEMBER, 1971, BUT SHE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HE HAS HAD. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS HONEST, RELIGIOUS AND A "GOOD MAN", WHOM SHE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR ANY POSITION. SHE STATED THAT TO THE BEST OF HER RECOLLECTION, HER HUSBAND HAS NOT MADE ANY TRIPS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING NOVEMBER, 1971, AND FEELS SHE CAN DEFINITELY STATE HE WAS AT HOME ON THANKSGIVING, 1971. MRS. VAN HOLTON CONTINUED THAT HER HUSBAND HAS AN EXTREME FEAR OF HEIGHTS, AND WILL NOT FLY ON AN AIRPLANE. SHE RELATED AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT WHEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND VISITED THE SEATTLE WORLDS FAIR, HER HUSBAND WOULD NOT EVEN GO UP INTO THE SPACE NEEDLE BECAUSE OF HIS FEAR OF HEIGHT.
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[REDACTED] ATTORNEY, LAS VEGAS, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED LAS VEGAS OFFICE, MRS. VAN HOLTON, WHOM HE IS REPRESENTING, END PAGE THREE
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IN HER DIVORCE ACTION, HAD ADVISED HIM OF INQUIREIS CONCERNING HER HUSBAND. [REDACTED] STATED THAT VAN HOLTON HAD SOME SHARES OF STOCK IN CAESARS PALACE BUT HAS SOLD THEM AND FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO HAS LIVED ENTIRELY OFF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THESE STOCKS. [REDACTED] STATED THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH VAN HOLTON, BUT HAS BEEN TOLD BY MRS. VAN HOLTON THAT HER HUSBAND IS IN MEXICO.
THE FILES OF THE LAS VEGAS DIVISION CONTAIN A REFERENCE TO ONE ROBERT VAN HOLTON, EMPLOYED AS A PITBOSS AT CAESARS PALACE, INDICATING THAT VAN HOLTON WAS APPROVED BY THE GAMING CONTROL BOARD TO PURCHASE TWENTY FIVE SHARES IN CAESARS PALACE. NO DEROGATORY INFORMATION CONCERNING VAN HOLTON IS CONTAINED IN LAS VEGAS INCIDES.
RECORDS, NEVADA GAMING CONTROL BOARD (NGCB), LAS VGAS, CONTAIN APPLICATION FROM ROBERT VAN HOLTON, BORN 6-4-27, CHICAGO, END PAGE FOUR
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PAGE FIVE ON 10-23-68. THESE FILES INDICATE VAN HOLTON'S RESIDENCE AS 615 HOGAN DRIVE, LAS VEGAS AND HIS EMPLOYMENT AS PITBOSS, CAESARS PALACE. AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION, VAN HOLTON HAD BEEN AT CAESARS PALACE FOR TWENTY SIX MONTHS (CAESARS PALACE HOTEL- CASINO, OFFICIALLY OPENED IN AUGUST, 1966). THESE FILES INDICATE VAN HOLTON MARRIED, WIFE, GRACE, WITH [REDACTED], AGES [REDACTED] NO ARRESTS LOCATED IN THESE FILES AND THEY DID NOT INDICATE PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE. NGCB FILES FURTHER INDICATE VAN HOLTON EMPLOYED IN LAS VEGAS AS DEALER AT VARIOUS CASINOS SINCE 1952. AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS NO RECORD ON VAN HOLTON AT THE LAS VEGAS PD OR CCSO. ON 2-20-69, VAN HOLTON WAS APPROVED TO PURCHASE TWENTY FIVE SHARES IN CAESARS PALACE AS "EMPLOYEE PERCENTAGE".
FILES, RECORD BUREAU, CCSO, CONTAIN RECORD FOR ONE [REDACTED] AS A REGISTERED JUNKETEER. THESE RECORDS INDICATED [REDACTED] END PAGE FIVE
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PAGE SIX PLACE OF BITH [REDACTED]. THESE RECORDS ARE COMPLETED BY JUNKETEERS EACH TIME THEY ARRIVE IN LAS VEGAS WITH A JUNKET. THE [REDACTED] DATE WOULD INDICATED THAT [REDACTED] WAS LAST IN LAS VEGAS ON THIS DATE. IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT RECORDS ON INDIVIDUALS BRINGING JUNKETS INTO LAS VEGAS HAVE ONLY BEEN RECENTLY ESTABLISHED.
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FINGERPRINT CARDS OF ROBERT VAN HOLTON, CCSO, NO. 50-17161, DOB 6-4-27, OBTAINED FROM CCSO AND PHOTOCOPY BEING FORWARDED THIS DATE TO LATENT FINGERPIRNT SECTION BY ROUTING SLIP.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF VAN HOLTON TAKEN 9-2-71, OBTAINED AND FORWARDED TO GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, FBIHQ AND SEATTLE BY ROUTING SLIP AND LEGAT MEXICO CITY.
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ALL ABOVE INFORMATION FURNISHED TELEPHONICALLY THIS DATE TO LEGAT MEXICO CITY. END
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Serials: 164-2111, LV 164-60, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4468