Indianapolis to Seattle and Los Angeles re NORJAK suspect interviews in Terre Haute

Document date 11 July 1972

Part 26pages 563–5653 pagesDB Cooper-8973–8975

Also filed at: Part 59 pp. 442–443

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Document: Teletype Indianapolis to Seattle and Los Angeles re NORJAK suspect interviews in Terre Haute
Id: Cooper-Part-26:563-565
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A563-565

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 563–565 (DB Cooper-8973–8975), Teletype, dated 11 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3682 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A563-565

NR 014 IP PLAIN SENT 2:05 AM 7-11-72 NITEL DATED 7-10-72 GAW TO SEATTLE (164-81) LOS ANGELES FROM INDIANAPOLIS (164-62) THREE PAGES

NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.

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RE INDIANAPOLIS TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY THREE LAST.

[REDACTED], TERRE HAUTE, [REDACTED], INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE; STATED HASN'T SEEN OR HEARD FROM [REDACTED] SINCE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER LAST; DOES NOT KNOW PRESENT WHEREABOUTS; STATED [REDACTED] IS NOT THE TYPE PERSON CAPABLE OF HIJACKING; AT LAST CONTACT WITH [REDACTED], HE WAS NOT BROKE OR DESTITUTE; [REDACTED] ALWAYS HAS FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON PERSON. [REDACTED] PRODUCED A COMPOSITE DRAWING OF HIJACKER IN SUBJECT CASE AND STATED DRAWING LOOKED NOTHING AT ALL LIKE [REDACTED] HAD BUSINESS CARD OF [REDACTED] AS FOLLOWS: AERO CHRONICS CORPORATION, [REDACTED] END PAGE ONE

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164-81-3682 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... JUL 1 1 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-8973

IP 164-62 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED], EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, NINE ZEROF FOUR TWO FIVE, PHONE [REDACTED] CARD IS TWO OR TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED], RETIRED U. S. AIR FORCE [REDACTED] MENTIONED IN RE TEL, AND [REDACTED] ARE CLOSE FRIENDS. [REDACTED] ADDED THAT HE HAD HEARD FROM [REDACTED] LAST WEEK FROM LONDON BY POSTCARD BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE SAME; DID NOT KNOW [REDACTED] ADDRESS. [REDACTED] HAS [REDACTED] IN TERRE HAUTE, [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW TO DATE. [REDACTED] SAID ONLY DEBT OF [REDACTED] HE KNEW OF WAS ONE TO U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR WITHHOLDING TAX ACQUIRED WHEN HE AND [REDACTED] BRAZIL, INDIANA, DISSOLVED PARTNERSHIP. [REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED] WOULD DEFINITELY NOT TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.

[REDACTED] [REDACTED] END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-8974

IP 164-62 PAGE THREE

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TERRE HAUTE, ADVISED INSTANT DATE SHE HASN'T SEEN [REDACTED] SINCE ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO; DOES NOT KNOW PRESENT WHEREABOUTS; THINKS POSSIBLY OUT OF COUNTRY. SHE IS QUITE SURE [REDACTED] WAS IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY AT THEIR LAST MEETING. [REDACTED] TOLD [REDACTED] HE WAS IN IMPORT - EXPORT BUSINESS IN EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, EXACT ADDRESS UNKNOWN. SHE SAID HE DID TRAVEL A LOT BY AIR. [REDACTED] KNOWS [REDACTED]; DOES NOT KNOW [REDACTED] ADDRESS OR WHEREABOUTS. SHE DOES NOT KNOW IF [REDACTED] WOULD TELL FBI IF HE DID KNOW [REDACTED] ADDRESS OR WHEREABOUTS.

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LOS ANGELES AT EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA. ASCERTAIN IF AERO CHRONICS CORPORATION IS STILL IN EXISTENCE AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION.

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INDIANAPOLIS AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] TO OBTAIN [REDACTED] ADDRESS. WILL MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] MENTIONED IN RE TELETYPE TO SEE IF HE CAN OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION RE [REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS.

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AIRMAIL COPY SENT SPRINGFIELD. END. SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-8975

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Serials: IP 164-62, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3682