SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Western Airlines suspect lead
Document date 7 February 1972
Also filed at: Part 56 pp. 130–131
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-22:143-144 Document: Airtel SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle re Western Airlines suspect lead Id: Cooper-Part-22:143-144 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-22%3A143-144 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 22 pp. 143–144 (DB Cooper-6485–6486), Airtel, dated 7 Feb 1972, serial SE 164-81-2231 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-22%3A143-144
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 2/7/72
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) [REDACTED b6/b7C] RE: NORJAK
RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED b6/b7C]
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Enclosed for receiving offices is one photograph each of captioned suspect.
On 1/18/72, [REDACTED] Western Airlines Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, California, furnished the name of [REDACTED] as a possible suspect in this matter.
[REDACTED] was described as a white male, born [REDACTED], 6', 170 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. [REDACTED] made available a colored photograph of [REDACTED] and a copy of his employment application.
[REDACTED] was reported as having [REDACTED] [REDACTED] by the U.S. Customs Service, Los Angeles, for the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] which he was trying [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] Los Angeles file [REDACTED] captioned [REDACTED] [REDACTED] reveals in March 1962, the [REDACTED] and the [REDACTED] requested information through
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Seattle (Encl. 1) (AM) [hand-checked] 2 - Minneapolis (164-73) (Encl. 1) (AM) 2 - Portland (164-41) (Encl. 1) (AM) 2 - Los Angeles crs/kah (8) Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent __________ M Per __________
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ FEB 01 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
164-81-2231
DB Cooper-6485
LA 164-497
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Legat. Tokyo concerning [REDACTED]. This file indicated [REDACTED] was once employed as a [REDACTED] and had claimed, under suspicious circumstances, that [REDACTED]
On 1/18/72, records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles revealed [REDACTED] born [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had resided at [REDACTED] California, as of 5/26/70.
Investigation revealed [REDACTED] had moved from the above address in early 1971 to [REDACTED] On 1/24/72, a neighbor advised that [REDACTED] resides at [REDACTED] and recalled [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on 11/26/71. She did not see [REDACTED] on 11/24/71, as [REDACTED]
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On 2/7/72, [REDACTED] was interviewed by SA's [REDACTED] in the vicinity of his residence. He stated he had no knowledge whatsoever of the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines plane in Seattle on 11/24/71. He claimed he was definitely in the Los Angeles area at that time stating he had Thanksgiving dinner with relatives, but could not readily recall where he had Thanksgiving dinner. [REDACTED] added that he was unemployed and would probably have been with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on 11/24/71. He stated he would consult with [REDACTED] in an effort to recall exactly where he was and who he was with on that date.
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In view of [REDACTED] vagueness as to where he spent Thanksgiving and the probability he will furnish names of close relatives to establish his whereabouts on 11/24/71, Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland are requested to display enclosed photographs to witnesses to ascertain if he should be considered a logical suspect.
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UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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Serials: LA 164-497, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2231