Minneapolis to San Diego and Seattle re James Bryant Coffelt leads

Document date 20 July 1977

Part 121pages 19–202 pagesDB Cooper-55497–55498

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Id: Cooper-Part-121:019-020

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:019-020

Document: Teletype Minneapolis to San Diego and Seattle re James Bryant Coffelt leads
Id: Cooper-Part-121:019-020
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A019-020

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 121 pp. 19–20 (DB Cooper-55497–55498), Teletype, dated 20 Jul 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A019-020

MP[illegible, obscured by ink blot]GA PP SD SE DE MP P 202245Z JUL 77 FM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) TO SAN DIEGO (164-91) PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY BT CLEAR

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JAMES BRYANT COFFELT, AKA, JACK BRYANT COFFELT, [redacted box], NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, JULY 20, 1977.

CONTACT WITH WILLIAM A. SCOTT, PILOT, NW ORIENT AIRLINES, TELEPHONE (612) 545-5524, DISCLOSED NO APPARENT CONTACT BY DIRK SUMMERS OR JAMES H. BROWN. SCOTT STATED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS CONTACTED BY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EMPLOYEE FOR ARTICLE BUT DECLINED, AND CAN NOT RECALL ANY PARTICULARS OF CONTACT.

[redacted box] ADVISED SHE HAS NOT BEEN APPROACHED BY SUMMERS [redacted box] OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIJACKING.

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[handwritten/stamped case number, partially illegible: possibly "164-81-7601" [guess]] SEARCHED ... INDEXED SERIALIZED ... FILED JUL 2 0 1977

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DB COOPER-55497

PAGE TWO, MP 164-73, CLEAR

CONTACT WITH [redacted] WILLIAM JOHN RATACZAK, 612-236-7982, NEGATIVE IN THAT BOTH WERE ON FLIGHTS FOR NW ORIENT AND WOULD RETURN [redacted] [redacted] BOTH WILL BE INTERVIEWED UPON THEIR RETURN TO MINNEAPOLIS, AND MINNEAPOLIS WILL FORWARD RESULTS OF INTER- VIEWS TO SEATTLE.

SAN DIEGO AT SAN DIEGO. WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW [redacted] SAN DIEGO, CA [redacted] TELEPHONE [redacted] AND FORWARD RESULTS OF INTERVIEW TO SEATTLE. COPY OF REFERENCED TELETYPE TO BUREAU SENT TO SAN DIEGO, JULY 20, 1977.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DB COOPER-55498

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Serials: MP 164-73, SD 164-91, SE 164-81