Chicago to Director and Seattle re interview of Chicago-Portland passenger (duplicate copy)
This copy: Part 12 pp. 98–102Also filed at Part 12 pp. 103–107 (primary)
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Chicago to Director and Seattle re interview of passenger who flew Chicago to Portland 11/23/71
Document date 2 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-12:098-102
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:098-102 Document: Teletype Chicago to Director and Seattle re interview of passenger who flew Chicago to Portland 11/23/71 Id: Cooper-Part-12:098-102 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A098-102 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 12 pp. 98–102 (DB Cooper-2741, DB Cooper-2743, DB Cooper-2744), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-499 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A098-102
NR016 CG PLAIN 971PM URGENT 12-2-71 RWR TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE (164-81) FROM CHICAGO (164-297) S P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, LAST, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SEATTLE.
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RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO CHICAGO DECEMBER ONE, LAST, AND CHICAGO TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER TWO, INSTANT.
[REDACTED] ILLINOIS, [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED THIS DATE. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE LEFT O'HARE AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ON NOVEMBER TWO THREE, LAST, [REDACTED] NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE, AT TWO FIFTEEN P.M. AND ARRIVED PORTLAND APPROXIMATELY FOUR P.M. SAME DATE. [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] WASHINGTON, [REDACTED] THE AIRPORT AND [REDACTED]
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[handwritten, partially illegible] [guess: advised] [guess: labeled] [guess: 164-81]-499 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED...... DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [guess: MANNING] [illegible]
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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE FOLLOWING MORNING, NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, [REDACTED] WENT SHOPPING AT TEN A.M.
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[REDACTED] HE ADVISED THAT THEY RETURNED HOME FOR LUNCH WHERE THEY REMAINED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] SAID HE CONTACTED A FRIEND, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT DOES NOT RECALL IF IT WAS THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWO THREE OR NOVEMBER TWO FOUR. HE SAID THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE STAYED [REDACTED] AT HOME WATCHING SOME OF THE PRO FOOTBALL GAME AND THAT HIS FRIEND
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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT DURING HIS TRIP FROM O'HARE TO PORTLAND HE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT HE DOES NOT RECALL HAVING DISCUSSED WITH [REDACTED] THE EFFECT OF LOWERING THE WHEELS ON THE PLANE; WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT, OR END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-2741
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THE POSSIBILITY OF PARACHUTING FROM THE PLANE. HE SAID THAT HE VAGUELY RECALLED HAVING DISCUSSED [REDACTED] THE MINIMUM SPEED OF THE COMMERCIAL JET AIRCRAFT. [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTED FROM THIS STANDPOINT ONLY. HE SAID, THAT HE RECALLED DISCUSSING [REDACTED] HIS BEING A
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ENTHUSIAST AND HE HAD DISCUSSED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE [REDACTED] BUT THAT HE HAS [REDACTED] AND THAT HE COULD FURNISH NO INFORMATION OF POSSIBLE VALUE TO THIS INVESTIGATION.
[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HEIGHT FIVE FEET ELEVEN AND THREE FOURTHS INCHES, WEIGHT ONE EIGHT FIVE POUNDS, END PAGE THREE
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HAIR MEDIUM BROWN, [REDACTED] SIDEBURNS TO BOTTOM OF EAR, EYES [REDACTED] COMPLEXION [REDACTED] SCARS - [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MUSCULAR BUILD. MILITARY SERVICE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SSAN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EMPLOYMENT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PRIOR EMPLOYMENT [REDACTED]
ADMITTED ARREST RECORD NONE.
[REDACTED] SMOKES MARLBORO CIGARETTES AND AS OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PM (CST) INSTANT [REDACTED] AIRPORT.
SEATTLE AT [REDACTED] WASHINGTON. WILL INTERVIEW
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND VERIFY [REDACTED] ALIBI.
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DB Cooper-2743
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WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] OBTAIN DESCRIPTION, AND BACKGROUND INFO AND DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST.
SEATTLE WILL REINTERVIEW SOURCE OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO CONVERSATION WITH [REDACTED]
FD THREE ZERO TWO FOLLOWS.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
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DCA.....FBI SE CLR
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DB Cooper-2744
Serials: CG 164-297, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-499