SAC Denver to SAC Seattle re anonymous tip on Craig, Colorado mechanic

Document date 1 August 1973

Part 116page 2781 pageDB Cooper-53305

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Id: Cooper-Part-116:278-278

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-116:278-278

Document: Memo SAC Denver to SAC Seattle re anonymous tip on Craig, Colorado mechanic
Id: Cooper-Part-116:278-278
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 116 p. 278 (DB Cooper-53305), Memo, dated 1 Aug 1973, serial SE 164-81-4687 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A278-278

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 8/1/73

SAC, DENVER (164-98) (P) [REDACTED] NORJAK (OO: SEATTLE)

RE [REDACTED]

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For the information of the Seattle Division, on 6/24/73, SPC [REDACTED] was telephonically contacted by an anonymous caller who stated, "If you want to know how to get ahold of [REDACTED] for the hijacking of that place, contact [REDACTED] at Craig, Colorado". The caller advised [REDACTED] is well known in Craig as a mechanic and stated he should be considered armed and dangerous as he always carried a gun. The caller then terminated the call.

On 7/18/73, a review of the telephone directory at Craig, Colorado, failed to reflect any identifiable information with a [REDACTED]

On the same date, it was determined that there was a [REDACTED] employed [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] Craig, Colorado, advised he lived in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and did not have a telephone. [REDACTED] was informed as to the contents of the anonymous phone call and he voluntarily furnished the following information:

[REDACTED] advised he had been working as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] for the past month and previously resided in Glenwood Springs, Colorado at the [REDACTED] where he was employed at [REDACTED] advised he became a skydiver in Alaska back in the early 1960s and had made over 100 jumps since that time. [REDACTED] advised to the best of his recollection during November, 1971, he attended an [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Billings, Montana, for nine months.

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(2) - Seattle (RM) 2 - Denver CB:cw (4) 1 4 4-81- 4687 DB COOPER-53305

Serials: DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4687