Urgent teletype Los Angeles re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate, Jr.
Document date 3 July 1972
Also filed at: Part 59 pp. 414–418 · Part 95 pp. 22–26 · Part 103 pp. 109–113
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-26:382-386 Document: Urgent teletype Los Angeles re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate, Jr. Id: Cooper-Part-26:382-386 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A382-386 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 26 pp. 382–386 (DB Cooper-8788–8792), Teletype, dated 3 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3582 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A382-386
NR 026 LA PLAIN 114M NITEL 7-3-72 (SENT 4XX 7-4-72) RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) CLEVELAND (164-88) MILWAUKEE (164-73) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) 5P.
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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.
RE MILWAUKEE TEL TO LOS ANGELES JUNE THIRTY LAST. RE: SUSPECT - JAMES RAY FUGATE. FOR INFO RECEIVING OFFICES, LOS ANGELES CASE CAPTIONED "UNSUB; BURGLARY OF AUTOMOBILE, FEBRUARY TWELVE - THIRTEEN, SIXTY NINE, LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA; CAPTAIN JAMES ROY FUGATE - VICTIM. ITSP", LA FILE EIGHTY SEVEN DASH TWO NINE NINE THREE FIVE, PD FILE EIGHTY SEVEN DASH ONE ZERO SIX THREE NINE, REVEALS LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, PD (LBPD) REPORTED THEFT OF VARIOUS ITEMS FROM AUTO OF JAMES RAY FUGATE AT LAGUNA BEACH, FEBRUARY SIXTY NINE. FUGATE DRIVES SIXTY EIGHT CADILLAC, OREGON LICENSE L F A NINE TWO ZERO. END PAGE ONE
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164-81 - 3582 SEARCHED ......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... JUL 4 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-8788
LA 164-497 PAGE TWO FUGATE STAYING AT LOCAL MOTEL TIME OF ALLEGED THEFT AND EFFORTS TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW AT LAGUNA BEACH FOLLOWING BURGLARY UNPRODUCTIVE. HE FURNISHED HOME ADDRESS OF SIX ONE TWO RIDGEWAY RD., LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON.
INVESTIGATION AT PORTLAND REVEALED FUGATE FURNISHED FORWARDING ADDRESS FEBRUARY TWENTY FIVE SIXTY NINE FROM LAKE OSWEGO TO GENERAL DELIVERY, LAGUNA BEACH.
OREGON LICENSE L F A NINE TWO ZERO REGISTERED TO JAMES R. FUGATE, RT. TWO, BOX NINETY SIX, AURORA, OREGON, WITH LEGAL OWNER FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, P.O. BOX THREE ONE THREE ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
OREGON DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED TO JAMES R. FUGATE, SIX ONE TWO RIDGEWAY RD., LAKE OSWEGO, DESCRIBED FUGATE AS BORN FEBRUARY EIGHTEEN THIRTY ONE, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY FIVE LBS., TO EXPIRE FEBRUARY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY ONE.
PORTLAND ADVISED A JAMES RAY FUGATE, JR., SUGGESTED AS POSSIBLE BR SUSPECT IN NINETEEN SIXTY AND INVESTIGATION REVEALED JAMES RAY FUGATE, JR., WAS FEDERAL PAROLEE OUT OF U.S. PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICE, PORTLAND, DESCRIBED AS WMA, BORN FEBRUARY EIGHTEEN THIRTY ONE, AT PORTLAND, SIX FEET, ONE FIFTY SEVEN LBS., DARK BROWN OR BLACK HAIR, TANNED FACE, END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-8789
LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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SMOOTH COMPLEXION, SLIGHT DIMPLE OR CLEFT IN CHIN, ERECT, NEAT DRESSER, END OF RIGHT THUMB AMPUTATED, AND FORMER SECOND LIEUTENANT WITH AIR FORCE RESERVES, SERIAL NUMBER A ZERO THREE ZERO FOUR ONE TWO FOUR FIVE.
[REDACTED] LISTED IN NINETEEN SIXTY AS [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] TRAVELERS MOTEL, ONE FIVE NINE ONE NINE S.E. MC LOUGHLIN BOULEVARD, PORTLAND, AND FUGATE EMPLOYED AS FLIGHT SALESMAN FOR FLIGHTCRAFT, INC., PORTLAND AIRPORT.
IN NINETEEN SIXTY SIX, CHIEF OF POLICE LARRY EDLUND, PORTLAND AIRPORT, CONDUCTED INVESTIGATION REGARDING FUGATE WHO WAS OPERATING BUSINESS CALLED COUNTRY CLUB OF THE AIR.
IN NINETEEN SIXTY NINE AN CHIEF EDLUND ADVISED FUGATE HAD MOVED FROM PORTLAND AIRPORT TO AIRPORT AT AURORA, OREGON.
IN NINETEEN SIXTY NINE AN ATTORNEY [REDACTED] PORTLAND, ADVISED HE QUESTIONED WHETHER FUGATE'S AUTO HAD ACTUALLY BEEN BURGLARIZED AS ALLEGED. THE LAST ADDRESS KNOWN TO [REDACTED] FOR FUGATE WAS P.O. BOX ONE NINE ONE TWO, LAGUAN BEACH. THIS MATTER WAS CLOSED WHEN STOCK ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FROM FUGATE'S CAR WAS DESCRIBED AS WORTHLESS.
THIS DATE, [REDACTED] SUPERIOR COURT, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED JAMES R. FUGATE PERSONALLY END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-8790
LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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APPEARED AT SUPERIOR COURT LAST WEEK OF JUNE SEVENTY TWO FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN CASE OF JAMES R. FUGATE VS. AIRCRAFT TANK SERVICE. MATTER WAS SET FOR NON JURY TRIAL INSTANT DATE; HOWEVER, WAS REMOVED FROM CALENDAR WHEN JUDGEMENT ISSUED AGAINST FUGATE IN AMOUNT OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THIS DATE, [REDACTED], ATTORNEY, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED [REDACTED] AIRCRAFT TANK SERVICE, INVOLVED IN SUIT AGAINST JAMES R. FUGATE. STATES JUDGEMENT OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ISSUED AGAINST FUGATE ON BEHALF OF CLIENT LAST WEEK; HOWEVER JUDGEMENT NOT YET SIGNED BY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE.
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[REDACTED] STATES, THRU EXTENSIVE EFFORTS ON HIS PART, FUGATE LOCATED AND HIS CURRENT WHEREABOUTS KNOWN TO [REDACTED] HE IS EXTREMELY RELUCTANT TO FURNISH INFO LEADING TO CONTACT OF FUGATE BY FBI AT THIS TIME AS IT COULD JEOPARDIZE CLIENT'S SETTLEMENT. STATES WILL NOT WITHHOLD INFO IF MATTER OF EXTEMELY URGENT NATURE, BUT WOULD OTHERWISE COOPERATE FULLY AND FURNISH ALL AVAILABLE INFO AFTER JUDGEMENT SIGNED BY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE NEXT WEEK. END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-8791
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LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE
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PORTLAND, CONTACT CHIEF OF POLICE LARRY EDLUND, PORTLAND AIRPORT, TO ASCERTAIN IF HE HAS CURRENT INFO RE ACTIVITIES OF FUGATE AND CONDUCT OTHER LOGICAL INVESTIGATION. IN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST AND OBTAIN GOOD PHOTO FOR,DISPLAY TO WITNESSES THIS MATTER.
LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW AND CONDUCT ALL LOGICAL INVESTIGATION IN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF FUGATE NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST.
ADDITIONAL LEADS WILL BE LEFT TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN AS LOS ANGELES UNAWARE OF ALL PRIOR INVESTIGATION RE FUGATE.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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END
SWD FBI SEATTLE, CLR
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DB Cooper-8792
Serials: CV 164-88, LA 164-497, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3582