Norfolk to Director, Cleveland, Newark and Seattle re suspect alibi and leads

Document date 8 December 1971

Part 14pages 361–3644 pagesDB Cooper-3736–3739

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Document: Teletype Norfolk to Director, Cleveland, Newark and Seattle re suspect alibi and leads
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 pp. 361–364 (DB Cooper-3736–3739), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-883 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-14%3A361-364

NR02 NF PLAIN 530 PM IMMEDIATE 12/8/71 JMF TO DIRECTOR (164-1111) CLEVELAND NEWARK SEATTLE FROM NORFOLK (164-41) 4P

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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SEATTLE; [REDACTED] DASH SUSPECT.

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RE SEATTLE LETTER TO ALBANY NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST WITH COPIES TO ALL OFFICES, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THIR DLAST, AND NORFOLK TLEPHONE CALL TO BUREAU DECEMBER SEVEN LAST.

FOR THE INFORMATION OF CLEVELAND, [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED — large block redacted under b6, b7C, b7D exemptions]

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END PAGE ONE

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164-81 - 883 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC 08 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-3736

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[REDACTED] EMPLOYMENT AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] VERIFIED, AND RESIDENCE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAS VERIFIED [REDACTED] PRESENCE [REDACTED] UNTIL SIX PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] STATED THAT THEY WERE IN THE COMPANY OF [REDACTED] ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST [REDACTED] ELEVEN PM.

[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED DECEMBER THIRD LAST AS A SUSPECT AND DENIED [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] REINTERVIEWED ON DECEMBER SEVEN LAST AND FURNISHED THE NAME OF A MAN [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED ONE [REDACTED] WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY [REDACTED] YEARS OF AGE, FIVE FEET NINE AND ONE HALF INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY LBS, DARK BROWN HAIR RECEDING, OLIVE COMPLEXION, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-3737

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b6 b7C b7D

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[REDACTED — b6, b7C, b7D]

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[REDACTED — b6, b7C, b7D]

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[REDACTED — b6, b7C, b7D] [REDACTED — b7D]

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ON INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED — b6, b7C, b7D]

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OBSERVATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED — b6, b7C, b7D] BEARS GENERAL RESEMBLANCE TO ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER. END PAGE THREE

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DB Cooper-3738

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UACB OR BY OFFICE OF ORIGIN, CLEVELAND SHOULD CONDUCT DISCREET INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND BY CONTACT WITH APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS [REDACTED] DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] WAS AT WORK DURING THE CRITICAL HOURS OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING. NEWARK SHOULD RECONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] BEING SENT TO OO BY AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY.

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UNSUB IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTORTION OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES BY THREAT- ENING THE CREW OF THE AIRLINE WITH A PACKAGE WHICH HE STATED CONTAINED A BOMB. UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. P. END

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DB Cooper-3739

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b6 b7C

b6 b7C b7D

b6 b7C

Serials: 164-1111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81-883