Bureau of Customs memorandum TASOS Staff to File re identification procedure, CSO described parachute hijacking method (duplicate copy)
Document date 22 February 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 31–32 (DB Cooper-7184–7185), Memo, dated 22 Feb 1972, serial SE 164-81-2390 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A031-032
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
DATE:February 22, 1972 FILE: TO : FILE
FROM : [REDACTED] b6 Per BOC TASOS Staff b7C Per BOC
SUBJECT: Identification Procedure
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On February 12, 1972 at approximately 1100 hours, I was at the [REDACTED] when an b6 Per BOC employee, [REDACTED] mentioned that she had read b7C Per BOC a recent article concerning the North West Orient b7E Per BOC hijacking on November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] stated that she remembered a [REDACTED] Customs Security Officer [REDACTED] which started on [REDACTED] and ended [REDACTED]
CSO [REDACTED] and a friend, CSO [REDACTED] al b6 Per BOC from [REDACTED] were talking to her about the recent b7C Per BOC hijackings and [REDACTED] told her he was a pilot. In b7E Per BOC the conversation that followed, [REDACTED] stated to her and [REDACTED] that the way to hijack a plane and escape would be to bail out using a parachute. He also stated that he could not wait to get back to the wilds of Oregon. I asked [REDACTED] if she had mentioned this to anyone else and she stated that she had talked to a Colonel several weeks before. I told [REDACTED] not to devulge any additional information concerning the in- cident.
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After leaving the cleaners, I proceeded to our office, [REDACTED] where I looked up the two individuals menti b6 Per BOC CSO [REDACTED] post of duty was Portland, Oregon and CSO b7C Per BOC [REDACTED] post of duty was New York. On Monday, b7E Per BOC [REDACTED] I mentioned the above conversation I had with [REDACTED] to my supervisor, Special Agent [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Air Security Coordinator.
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164-81-2390 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED / M FILED MAR 3 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-7184
On Wednesday, [REDACTED] we obtained a photograph of CSO [REDACTED] and I took it to [REDACTED] for a positi- b6 Per BOC identification. [REDACTED] stated that this was the sa[me] b7C Per BOC man that she had talked to in [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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The above information and photograph was turned over to Special Agent [REDACTED] b6 Per BOC b7C Per BOC
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DB Cooper-7185
Serials: SE 164-81-2390