SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re interviews concerning Lou Johnson
Document date 4 September 1974
Part of: SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re LACSO record review and interviews of associates
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:221-223 Document: Airtel SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re interviews concerning Lou Johnson Id: Cooper-Part-117:221-223 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A221-223 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 117 pp. 221–223 (DB Cooper-53695–53697), Airtel, dated 4 Sep 1974, serial SE 164-81-6346 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A221-223
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Date: 9/4/74
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Via AIR MAIL AIRTEL (Priority)
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) [REDACTED b6, b7C, b7D]
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
Re: [REDACTED] Informant
Re Seattle airtel to Los Angeles 7/22/74.
On 7/24/74, the records of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LACSO) and the Los Angeles Police Depart- ment (LAPD) were caused to be reviewed by SAC C. ROBERT STRANGER and no record could be located identifiable with [REDACTED b6, b7C].
A subsequent review of telephone directories covering the Greater Los Angeles area and surrounding communities failed to reveal any [REDACTED]. However, noted in the Central Los Angeles Directory was the name of [REDACTED] a subscriber to telephone number [REDACTED] at [REDACTED].
[handwritten] - Seattle 2 - Los Angeles
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[stamp: 164-81-6346] [stamp: SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___]
Approved: [signature] Sent ___ M Per ___ Special Agent in Charge
* U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11)
DB COOPER-53695
LA 164-497
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On 8/27/74, telephonic contact was made with the person identifying herself as [REDACTED b6, b7C] at the above phone number. [REDACTED] stated she had become acquainted with LOU JOHNSON, former baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, in about 1969 or 1970. She stated they met as she [REDACTED] and JOHNSON was a baseball player, both in the entertainment field. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] of Los Angeles. She stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Los Angeles in 1972.
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On 8/29/74, the records of the LAPD were reviewed and revealed a file number [REDACTED b6, b7C] [REDACTED] LAPD records indicated [REDACTED]
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On the same date, [REDACTED b6, b7C] was personally contacted at [REDACTED], Los Angeles. [REDACTED] advised she became acquainted with LOU JOHNSON, the baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and met him on a social basis several times. She stated she was not a close friend of JOHNSON'S and their relationship was only casual. She recalled that sometime in the Spring of 1972, LOU JOHNSON had telephonically contacted her from Seattle, Washington, and said he was coming to Los Angeles. JOHNSON desired to know if he could stay at her home during his visit. [REDACTED] stated at that time she lived at [REDACTED] She had told JOHNSON she would be out of town and had politely indicated he could not stay at her home.
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[REDACTED b6, b7C] then admitted that [REDACTED]
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LA 164-497
[redacted b6/b7C] She stated [redacted]
[redacted] come into his possession through LOU JOHNSON. [redacted]
She stated she does not now know LOU JOHNSON'S current whereabouts but assumes he still lives in Seattle where he moved after having to give up baseball about 1970. The only thing she did know was that [redacted]
[redacted] Regarding her prior statement that [redacted] stated this was true and [redacted] She stated [redacted] as she did not want to get involved with the furnishing of names of former friends and associates.
On 8/29/74, Detective [redacted b6/b7C] Wilshire Division, LAPD, confirmed that [redacted] had nearly lost her life after [redacted] [redacted] advised the suspects in this matter were never positively identified but were believed to be members of a gang apprehended in late 1973 by the LAPD during [redacted]. This gang was later identified and convicted of a series of gun shop robberies in the Los Angeles area.
On 8/29/74, Detective Sergeant [redacted b6/b7C] Homicide Division Southwest, LAPD, advised that [redacted] was [redacted] of Los Angeles. [redacted] stated his records indicate [redacted]
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DB COOPER-53697
Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-6346