Bureau of Customs memorandum Air Security Coordinator to File re Fort Belvoir cleaning clerk tip (duplicate copy)
Document date 23 February 1972
Also filed at: Part 26 pp. 29–30
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 33–34 (DB Cooper-7186–7187), Memo, dated 23 Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A033-034
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
DATE: February 23, 1972 FILE:
TO : File
FROM : [REDACTED] Air Security Coordinator
b6 Per BOC b7C Per BOC
SUBJECT: Identification Procedure
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On or about [REDACTED] CPO [REDACTED] currently assigned to Houston, advised the writer that the clerk b6 Per BOC of the cleaning establishment on Fort Belvoir had told b7C Per BOC him that she believed one of the students from an earlier class could possibly have been involved in a successful hijacking. She mentioned to [REDACTED] on numerous occasions during the time he was in class that she would like to look at pictures or a class roster to determine the name of the individual whom she said had laid out a hijacking plan to her during his period of attendance at TASOS.
I advised CPO [REDACTED] that I would look into the matte b6 Per BOC and determine if it had sufficient merit for investigatb7C Per BOC The matter was not investigated at that time.
Subsequently, the [REDACTED] issue of the Phila- delphia Enquirer was published and described in detail the specific hijacking of November 24, 1971 and included a composite picture of the perpetrator. The clerk then advised staff member [REDACTED] that she was sure tb6 Per BOC individual she had talked to was the same party as the b7C Per BOC composite drawing depicted. She further advised CSO [REDACTED] that the name of the suspected individual was [REDACTED] and the name of the skyjacker was [REDACTED] as reported in the Enquirer. Unofficial inquiries revealed that a [REDACTED] had graduated from TASOS [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] and is currently still in the service.
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DB Cooper-7186
His post of duty is Portland and he flies TDY from Seattle. Unofficial inquiries to Portland disclosed that CSO [REDACTED] was TDY Seattle during the period in question and returned from Japan via North West Orient on the morning of November 22, 1971 and was scheduled off on the 23rd and 24th of November. A photograph of [REDACTED] was obtained and shown to the clerk who advised CSO [REDACTED] that the picture was the same individual who had explained the skyjacking scheme to her the previous year. The memo of information from CSO [REDACTED] is attached hereto. The entire contents are for informative purposes.
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b6 Per BOC b7C Per BOC
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DB Cooper-7187