Urgent teletype Houston to Director, Seattle, WFO, San Francisco re Liberty, Texas suspect

This copy: Part 17 pp. 106–107Also filed at Part 17 pp. 104–105 (primary)

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Urgent teletype Houston re Liberty, Texas suspect (duplicate copy)

Document date 21 December 1971

Part 17pages 106–1072 pagesDB Cooper-4932–4933

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 pp. 106–107 (DB Cooper-4932–4933), Teletype, dated 21 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1452 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A106-107

NP003 HO PLAIN 2:40 AM URGENT 12-21-71 IRV TO DIRECTOR 164-2111 SEATTLE 164-81 WFO 164-69 SAN FRANCISCO FROM HOUSTON 164-119

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NORJAK.

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[illegible initials] 4-10-[illegible]y

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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]

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END PAGE ONE

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164-81-1452 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... DEC 21 1971

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DB Cooper-4932

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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.

CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.

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CORRECTION PAGE TWO LINE5 FIRST WORD SHOULD READ [REDACTED] THAT IS LINE 5 TU. VAB FBI SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-4933

Serials: 164-119, 164-2111, 164-69, HO 164-118, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1452