Insert re questionable information furnished by individual in Anchorage, Alaska
Document date 27 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 pp. 169–173 (DB Cooper-5502–5506), Report, dated 27 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1732 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-18%3A169-173
AN 164-59 SE 164-81 JHF-gal 1
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RE: Questionable Information Furnished by [REDACTED] Anchorage, Alaska
On December 23, 1971 Investigator [REDACTED] Anchorage Police Department, Anchorage, Alaska, telephonically advised SA [REDACTED] is presently in [REDACTED] Anchorage, Alaska, [REDACTED] He advised that [REDACTED] informed him that one [REDACTED] had made a telephone call to his father, name unknown, on December 3, 1971. [REDACTED] father was someplace in Texas, possibly Houston. [REDACTED] reported that [REDACTED] repeated something said over the phone about his uncle parachuting out of an aircraft. [REDACTED] reported that when the telephone call was over [REDACTED] asked [REDACTED] what was said. [REDACTED] alleges that [REDACTED] told him that his father, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] someplace in Texas, had informed him that his, uncle was the individual who committed the hijacking of the Northwest aircraft in November, 1971. [REDACTED] according to [REDACTED] allegedly told [REDACTED] father knows the identity of the person but has done nothing about it. [REDACTED] father allegedly said that his uncle, the one involved, is a dope addict.
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On December 27, 1971 Investigator [REDACTED] supra, advised SA [REDACTED] is a from Ketchikan, Alaska, who in the past few weeks came to Anchorage, Alaska. [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] and was confined in the [REDACTED] supervised by the State of Alaska, [REDACTED] and had been recently released. Immediately following his release [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] and is presently out on bond. [REDACTED] whereabouts are unknown.
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On December 27, 1971 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Anchorage, Alaska, was interviewed by SA [REDACTED] He advised he met [REDACTED] in the State of Alaska, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] about 1 month ago. [REDACTED] was released in December, 1971 and immediately
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164-81- 1732 [stamp] DEC 3 1 [illegible]
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DBCooper-5502
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following his release [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] in Anchorage, Alaska. [REDACTED] was allegedly sentenced to a 450.00 fine upon his plea of guilty and has been released from [REDACTED] to collect the money to pay his fine.
[REDACTED] advised that he himself [REDACTED]
He stated that on December 3, 1971 between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00 PM he was visiting [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Anchorage. While in his company [REDACTED] made a long distance telephone call to Houston, Texas. He does not recall the number called by [REDACTED]. After the telephone call [REDACTED] admitted that he had been talking to his father who was [REDACTED] in Texas. While [REDACTED] was on the phone he heard [REDACTED] repeat something that his father apparently had said relating to an individual who had parachuted out of an aircraft. When [REDACTED] finished his conversation with his father he asked [REDACTED] what was said. [REDACTED] reported to him that his father told him over the telephone that his uncle, [REDACTED] was the one who parachuted out of a plane that was hijacked. [REDACTED] did not supply the name of his uncle.
[REDACTED] further remarked that his father was a [REDACTED] and that his uncle, name unknown, was a "junkie".
[REDACTED] advised he had no other facts. He stated that [REDACTED] is presently "on the streets" and he knows of no way to locate him. He advised that he has seen some people who are acquainted with [REDACTED] and they report that [REDACTED] is not residing at [REDACTED] in Anchorage at this time. He further stated that he wrote a letter to [REDACTED] and that the letter was returned to him. This indicates that [REDACTED] is no longer residing there.
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DB Cooper-5503
AN 164-59 SE 164-81 JHF-gal 3
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On December 27, 1971 the records of [redacted] Anchorage, Alaska, were reviewed by SA [redacted]. The records reflect that [redacted] was received on December 17, 1971. [redacted] was released on December 17, 1971. No relatives appear in his file. [redacted] is described as a white male, born [redacted], 5 feet 4 inches, 98 pounds, hazel eyes, brown hair, small build with Social Security Account Number [redacted].
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Inquiry disclosed that [redacted] was being represented by [redacted] who is affiliated with the Public Defenders Office in Anchorage, Alaska.
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On December 27, 1971 [redacted] was located at [redacted] Anchorage, Alaska, by SA [redacted].
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[redacted] advised that in early December, 1971 he was released from the State of Alaska. [redacted] Shortly afterwards he was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska on December 17, 1971 on [redacted]. He was released on December 17, 1971 and took up residence immediately at the [redacted] Anchorage. He has been at [redacted] since December 17, 1971.
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[redacted] advised that his father is [redacted] and [redacted] at [redacted] East in Tacoma, Washington. [redacted] having retired in approximately 1968. Since that time [redacted] has been employed [redacted] located on South Tacoma Way in Tacoma, Washington.
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[redacted] was advised of the information allegedly attributed to him in this matter as a result of an alleged phone call by [redacted] to his father in Houston, Texas.
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DB Cooper-5504
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[REDACTED] advised that he has no relatives in Houston, Texas. He stated that the only recent contact with his father was approximately 3 weeks ago when his father was called for money. He stated that he did not make the call but that the call to his father in Tacoma, Washington was actually made by [REDACTED] who is with the Public Defenders Office in Anchorage, Alaska. He advised that he did not talk to his father at that time and that only [REDACTED] conversed with his father.
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[REDACTED] advised that he has never made any long distance telephone calls from the [REDACTED] to anyplace including Texas. He stated the records of [REDACTED] would clarify this. He recalled that the only other call to his father was in early November, 1971 when he was at [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] at one time by the name of FNU MANKER who was a sheriff or deputy sheriff in Vancouver, Washington. MANKER died 3 to 5 years ago of a heart attack. [REDACTED] he has in Alaska
Alaska. He has no relatives in Anchorage, Alaska.
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[REDACTED] advised that at no time did he ever fabricate a story to [REDACTED] to the effect that his father had reported to him that his uncle was involved in the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines aircraft in November, 1971. He is unaware of any reason why [REDACTED] would attribute anything like that to him.
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He stated that he has only known [REDACTED] for a short time but considers him to be an intelligent person, but he described him as a "ding-a-ling." He explained that when he and [REDACTED] were free on the streets in Anchorage prior to his last incarceration that [REDACTED] manifested his foolishness by wanting to [REDACTED] in various places in Anchorage. He stated that [guess: he did] not participate.
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DB Cooper-5505
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[REDACTED] but that [REDACTED] eventually attempted to commit one of his own at [REDACTED] in Anchorage and was apprehended by the Anchorage Police Department in the act [REDACTED]
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On December 27, 1971 [REDACTED] supra, was reinterviewed at [REDACTED] He stated that the information he furnished previously on that date was true to the best of his knowledge. He was questioned as to his knowledge that the alleged telephone call by [REDACTED] was long distance. He explained that when he was in the room with [REDACTED] that the television was on and that he could not hear the number requested by [REDACTED] of the operator [REDACTED] but presumed that it was a long distance telephone call inasmuch as he believed [REDACTED] rather was not in Alaska. He was questioned as to his knowledge that the phone call was in Texas, particularly Houston, Texas. [REDACTED] explained that he believes that [REDACTED] told him that his father was residing in Texas. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] did not mention Houston, Texas and that the reason he furnished to SA [REDACTED] the town of Houston is because when [REDACTED] advised him that his father was [REDACTED] he assumed that [REDACTED] father was located in Houston inasmuch as he knows that there are [REDACTED] in Houston. He volunteered that there may or may not be [REDACTED] in other parts of the United States but he always knew there was [REDACTED] in Houston. [REDACTED] was questioned as to [REDACTED] indulgence in narcotics. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] takes all of the narcotics but the "hard" narcotics. [REDACTED] advised that on December 3, 1971 at the time of this incident in [REDACTED] did not appear to be "high" on narcotics.
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[REDACTED] advised that the information he furnished originally on December 27, 1971 was not a fabrication.
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DB Cooper-5506
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Serials: AN 164-59, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1732