Cleveland to Director and offices re Cooper suspect developed from anonymous caller
Document date 3 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:129-136 Document: Teletype Cleveland to Director and offices re Cooper suspect developed from anonymous caller Id: Cooper-Part-12:129-136 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A129-136 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. 129–136 (DB Cooper-2771, DB Cooper-2772, DB Cooper-2773, DB Cooper-2775, DB Cooper-2776, DB Cooper-2777, DB Cooper-2778), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-510 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A129-136
NR 01 CODE CV 405 PM URGENT 12-3-71 CLP TO DIRECTOR, FBI (ATTN: IDENT DIV.) SEATTLE PHOENIX BALTIMORE BUTTE MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND FROM CLEVELAND (164-88) SP
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING, EXTORTION, OO:SEATTLE.
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RE SUSPECT [REDACTED - b6/b7C]
PE BUAIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, SEATTLE LETTER TO ALBANY, NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER TWO LAST, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO BUREAU, IDENT SECTION, DECEMBER THREE INSTANT, CLEVELAND TELEPHONE CALL TO BALTIMORE, DECEMBER END PAGE ONE
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164-81 - 510 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED SERIALIZED ....... FILED DEC 3 1971 - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2771
PAGE TWO
THREE LAST.
ON DECEMBER TWO LAST [REDACTED] WHO REQUESTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THE CLEVELAND OFFICE THAT SHE HAD INFORMATION REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER. SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] DISCLOSED THE FACT THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] OHIO BORE AN EXTREMELY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO THE UNSUB IN THIS MATTER. [REDACTED] HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH [REDACTED] FROM [REDACTED] I WAS MUCH
[REDACTED]
DURING THAT INTERVAL. SUBJECT FURTHER DESCRIBED AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO [REDACTED] AND LEADS, IN GENERAL A FAST LIFE. HE LEFT OHIO IN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PROVIDED SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED]
WHICH IN FACT, CLOSELY RESEMBLE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB. DESCRIPTION AND PERSONAL HISTORY DATA PROVIDED BY [REDACTED] SET FORTH IN DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT WHICH FOLLOWS. END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-2772
PAGE THREE
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ON DECEMBER TWO LAST [REDACTED] WAS INTERVIEWED. UPON VIEWING ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB, SHE SPONTANEOUSLY STATED [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN ILL AND THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAD SEEN THE ARTIST CONCEPTION. SHE ADVISED SHE WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DURING THIS TIME SHE HAD [REDACTED] OREGON,
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[REDACTED — large block of text obscured by redaction bars]
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[REDACTED] WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BACKGROUND OF IDENTIFICATION. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LEFT CLEVELAND.
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION WAS OBTAINED FROM [REDACTED] END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-2773
PAGE FOUR
AND [redacted]
NAME: [redacted]
[redacted] DOB [redacted] POB [redacted]
WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET NINE TO FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE
FIFTY TO ONE SEVENTY POUNDS, DARK COMPLEXION, BROWN HAIR,
RECEDING HAIRLINE, BROWN EYES, ALWAYS WEARS SUNGLASSES,
ALMOST PARANOID ABOUT CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY. COLOR
PICTURES ON FILE AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, FROM [redacted]
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS IN VIEW OF FACT
REPORTEDLY CARRIES GUN. DESCRIBED AS A SMOOTH TALKING
CON MAN, VERY CALM IN TIGHT SITUATIONS, BUT A VIOLENT TEMPER
IF AROUSED. [redacted] DESCRIBED AS
[redacted] SMOKES VARIOUS BRANDS OF CIGARETTES, CHANGING
BRANDS OFTEN, CONSTANT CHAIN SMOKER. SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER [redacted]
EDUCATION [redacted]
[redacted] CLEVELAND, OHIO. MILITARY
END PAGE FOUR
PAGE FIVE SERVICE - [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MARITAL STATUS, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RELATIVES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DECEASED. OTHER NAMES OF IMPORTANCE: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OCCUPATIONS: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TWO. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THREE, [REDACTED]
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BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO GRANT BALTIMORE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE BALTIMORE SOURCE FOUR CHECK ON [REDACTED] SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS BE ADVISED THAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-2775
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PAGE SIX
[REDACTED] ARRIVING INSTANT DATE VIA NORTHWEST AIRLINES. CLEVELAND WILL ADVISE TELEPHONICALLY FLIGHT AND ETA.
BUTTE AT HELENA, MONTANA, WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MONTANA. WILL CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MONTANA WHO IS REPORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL TYPES. WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] REGARDING HIS RELATION- SHIP WITH [REDACTED] AND THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED]
PHOENIX AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] SCOTTSDALE, REGARDING SUBJECT'S CURRENT ADDRESS OR CURRENT WHEREABOUTS.
PORTLAND AT [REDACTED] OREGON WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OREGON. WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT [REDACTED] OREGON, TO DETERMINE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOP INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] WILL
END PAGE SIX
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DB Cooper-2776
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PAGE SEVEN
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CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES AT THE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OREGON, WHERE SUSPECT HAD A LOAN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OREGON REGARDING SUSPECT AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS OF SUSPECT. WILL CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF [REDACTED] WHO IS REPORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL TYPES PRIOR TO INTERVIEWING HIM.
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BALTIMORE AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, CONDUCT IMMEDIATE BALTIMORE SOURCE FOUR CHECK ON SUSPECT FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND RECENT EMPLOYMENTS.
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MINNEAPOLIS AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WILL UPON RECEIPT OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT DISPLAY TO MEMBERS OF CREW AND AND OTHER WITNESSES AVAILABLE.
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SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WILL UPON RECEIPT OF PHOTOS OF SUSPECT, DISPLAY TO ALL AVAILABLE WITNESSES.
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CLEVELAND AT CLEVELAND, OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL POSSIBLE BACKGROUND DATA REGARDING SUSPECT. END PAGE SEVEN
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[guess: photos]
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DB Cooper-2777
PAGE EIGHT
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AT CLEVELAND.
SUSPECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS IN VIEW OF FACT HE REPORTEDLY CARRIES GUN.
END
VA3
FBI SEATTLE CL
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DB Cooper-2778
Serials: CV 164-88, SE 164-81-510