Urgent teletype Washington Field Office to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle re suspect claiming Northwest Airlines employment

Document date 21 January 1972

Part 20pages 102–1043 pagesDB Cooper-6059–6061

Also filed at: Part 105 pp. 191–193

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-20:102-104

Document: Urgent teletype Washington Field Office to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle re suspect claiming Northwest Airlines employment
Id: Cooper-Part-20:102-104
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 20 pp. 102–104 (DB Cooper-6059–6061), Teletype, dated 21 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-2009 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-20%3A102-104

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NR004 WF PLAIN 140PMURGENT 1-21-72 SKA TO LOS ANGELES (164-497) SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (169-169)

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NORJAK

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO CHICAGO, ET AL, DATED JANUARY TWENTY LAST.

REFERENCED SUSPECT, [REDACTED]

FOR INFORMATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, RE TELETYPE REFLECTS [REDACTED] DEVELOPED AS SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER AS RESULT OF CONVERSATION WITH ONE [REDACTED] IN BAR IN CORBO SAN LUCAS, BAJA, MEXICO, ON DECEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.

[REDACTED] THAT HE WAS HIGHJACKER OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES CRAFT AND RELATED DETAILS OF SAME. [REDACTED] OBSERVED BY [REDACTED] TO POSSESS [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] ARE ON ONE TO THREE YEARS VACATION, DESTINATION NOT GIVEN.

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SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___ FILED___ JAN 20 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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164-81-2009

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DB Cooper-6059

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[REDACTED] CLAIMED TO BE FROM [REDACTED] ILLINOIS, AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CLAIMED [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST AND PRIOR TO LIVING IN ILLINOIS, RESIDED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.

[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, [REDACTED] FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, SLENDER BUILT, DARK BROWN HAIR.

RE TELETYPE SET FORTH LEADS FOR HOUSTON DIVISION TO INTERVIEW [REDACTED] AND FOR WFO TO CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

TODAY, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, D.C., ADVISED THAT PERSONNEL RECORDS AT HEADQUARTERS LEVEL FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY RECORD CONCERNING [REDACTED] HOWEVER, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HIS OFFICE WOULD NECESSARILY END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-6060

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HAVE RECORDS OF ALL FORMER PERSONNEL. HE STATED A [redacted] [redacted] CONCERNING EACH FORMER EMPLOYEE IS MAINTAINED AT A REGIONAL OFFICE AND THAT WEST COAST OF UNITED STATES IS COVERED BY REGIONAL OFFICE [redacted] AND BY REGIONAL OFFICE [redacted]

LEADS LOS ANGLES AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: CONTACT

[redacted] [redacted] AND DETERMINE IF [redacted] [redacted]

SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: CONTACT

[redacted] [redacted] AND DETERMINE IF [redacted] THERE.

UNSUB CONSIDERD DANGEROUS.

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JRW FBI SE GO BACK TO TALK

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DB Cooper-6061

Serials: LA 164-497, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2009

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