Urgent teletype Houston to Director, Seattle, WFO, San Francisco re Liberty, Texas suspect
Document date 21 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 17 pp. 106–107
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-17:104-105 Document: Urgent teletype Houston to Director, Seattle, WFO, San Francisco re Liberty, Texas suspect Id: Cooper-Part-17:104-105 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A104-105 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 17 pp. 104–105 (DB Cooper-4930–4931), Teletype, dated 21 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1452 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A104-105
NR003 HO PLAIN 2:40 AM URGENT 12-21-71 IRV TO DIRECTOR 164-2111 SEATTLE 164-81 WFO 164-69 SAN FRANCISCO FROM HOUSTON 164-118
NORJAK.
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RE SUSPECT [REDACTED] FOR INFO RECEIVING OFFICES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LIBERTY, TEXAS, ADVISED ON DECEMBER TWENTY LAST THAT IN JUNE, SEVENTYONE, HE TRANSACTED BUSINESS WITH INDIVIDUAL NAMED [REDACTED] WHOSE HOMETOWN IS YAKIMA, WASHINGTON. [REDACTED] IS DESCRIBED BY [REDACTED] AS A FINANCIAL PROMOTER WHO WAS ALMOST DESTITUTE. [REDACTED] TOLD [REDACTED] IN JUNE THAT HE HAD [REDACTED] ALSO THAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO ANYTHING HE COULD TO INSURE THE FINANCIAL WELL BEING OF HIS FAMILY AFTER HE DIED. ALSO THAT HE WAS A FORMER PILOT, PARATROOPER, AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DURING WORLD WAR TWO. ALSO TOLD [REDACTED] THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN
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164-81- 1452 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ DEC 21 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4930
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b6 b7C
PAGE TWO HO 164-118
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WASHINGTONTON D.C. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS WHITE MALE, AGE FORTYFOUR TO FORTYEIGHT, FIVE FEET NINE INCHES, DARK HAIR, ONE FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, CHAIN SMOKER. ALSO ADVISED THAT ASSOCIATE OF [REDACTED] OF SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] FEELS [REDACTED] IS GOOD SUSPECT FOR NORJAK. SHOWN COMPOSITE PHOTO AND STATES THERE ARE SOME DISTINCT SIMILARITIES TO [REDACTED]
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LOCAL CREDIT AND CRIMINAL ON [REDACTED] AT HOUSTON AND LIBERTY, TEXAS, NEGATIVE.
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SEATTLE AT YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, CONDUCT LOGICAL INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE [REDACTED] AND OBTAIN PHOTO FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
SAN FRANCISCO AT SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA, CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT LISTED PHONE NUMBERS AND DETERMINE [REDACTED] CURRENT WHEREABOUTS.
WFO LOCATE [REDACTED] AND DETERMINE [REDACTED] CURRENT WHEREABOUTS. ALSO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTO.
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CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
CORRECTION PAGE TWO LINES FIRST WORD SHOULD READ [REDACTED] THAT IS LINE 5 TU VAB FBI SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4931
Serials: 164-2111, 164-69, HO 164-118, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1452