Legat Managua to Acting Director re passport photographs and Costa Rican records checks
Document date 13 July 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-27:022-025 Document: Airtel Legat Managua to Acting Director re passport photographs and Costa Rican records checks Id: Cooper-Part-27:022-025 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A022-025 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 27 pp. 22–25 (DB Cooper-8996–8999), Airtel, dated 13 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3692 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A022-025
7/13/72
AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO : ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM : LEGAT, MANAGUA (164-3) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
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ReBucab, dated 7/5/72; and Legat Managua cables to Bureau, dated 7/12/72 and 7/13/72.
Enclosed to the Bureau for transmittal with copies of this letter to Seattle are:
Five (5) photographs made of various pages of United States Passport [REDACTED]
One (1) enlarged photograph of [REDACTED] passport photograph
One (1) photograph of Tourist Card [REDACTED]
One (1) photograph of [REDACTED]
Five (5) photographs of pages of [REDACTED] vaccination certificates
On 7/11/72, [REDACTED] (protect), [REDACTED] [REDACTED] San Jose, Costa Rica, advised that he had
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7 - Bureau 2 - Seattle (Encs. 13) 1 - Indianapolis (Info) 1 - Phoenix (Info) 1 - Foreign Liaison Desk 1 - Managua JCS:11 (8)
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] JUL '72
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164 - 81 - 3692
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DB Cooper-8996
MGA 164-3
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checked all records of [REDACTED] at San Jose and was unable to locate a record in the name of [REDACTED]
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On 7/11/72, [REDACTED] American Embassy, San Jose, and [REDACTED] of the [REDACTED] in San Jose, advised that [REDACTED] are unknown to him.
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On 7/11/72, [REDACTED] San Jose, advised that [REDACTED] (for which he has San Jose [REDACTED] established three or four years ago in San Jose, Costa Rica, as a subsidiary [REDACTED]
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He described [REDACTED] as an investment corporation established some years ago by [REDACTED] who has resided in Costa Rica for approximately ten years. [REDACTED] who was born in Indiana, has various business interests in Costa Rica including [REDACTED] [REDACTED] S.A.; and the [REDACTED] located in Central City, San Jose, Costa Rica. [REDACTED] has had some success in the past in interesting fellow hoosiers in investing in Costa Rica and has influenced some to move to that country for retirement purposes.
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[REDACTED] recalls that in the recent past while in conversation with [REDACTED] they touched on the subject of [REDACTED] and, according to [REDACTED] the company had a bright future due to the recent arrival of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that while he could not be certain, after having been given the name of [REDACTED] he is of the opinion that this expert's [REDACTED] He received the impression from the conversation that the expert's contribu- tion to [REDACTED] was that of his expertise, and there was no indication that he brought money into the endeavor.
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b6 b7C b7D
MGA 164-3
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On 7/11/72, [REDACTED] San Jose, advised that all records available to the [REDACTED] including immigration, automobile registration, driver's licenses, application for residence status and permanent residence in Costa Rica have no information identifiable with [REDACTED].
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On 7/12/72, [REDACTED] made available the photographs which are enclosed with this communication for Seattle stating that [REDACTED] had been contacted by a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on 7/11/72, at [REDACTED], with the explanation that there had been an error and subsequent confusion created in Costa Rican immigrant records when [REDACTED] entered Costa Rica. Based on this pretext, the photographs were made. According to [REDACTED] appeared cordial and in no way disturbed by the inquiry.
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On 7/13/72, [REDACTED] San Jose, advised that he had received that same morning a telephone call from [REDACTED] stating that [REDACTED] had received telephone calls from [REDACTED] and a second attorney from Arizona both telling him that the FBI was inquiring about him. [REDACTED] indicated from his conversation that he had been told from these callers that the FBI was exploring the possibility of his connection with an airplane hijacking. [REDACTED] recalled [REDACTED] stating that he was [REDACTED] years of age and "too old to be jumping out of airplanes."
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During the telephone conversation, [REDACTED] advised that he also had been contacted by the [REDACTED] a day or two prior to this conversation. [REDACTED] stated that he was eager to assist the U. S. Government in any investiga- tion they might have concerning him and gave telephone numbers in San Jose, Costa Rica, where he could be contacted in the event the FBI or other U. S. representative desired to inter- view him.
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] sounded to be in good spirits and genuinely cooperative in his attitude.
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b6 b7C b7D
MGA 164-3
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From examination of the enclosed photographs of [REDACTED] passport, it is noted that he has travel recorded to Hawaii and the Orient in [REDACTED] He was admitted at Los Angeles, California, [REDACTED] He arrived in Managua, Nicaragua, [REDACTED] and departed that city [REDACTED]
Photograph of Tourist Card [REDACTED] issued [REDACTED] in Mexico, D.F., indicates that [REDACTED] entered Costa Rica [REDACTED]
The photograph of the [REDACTED] (Costa Rican airlines) [REDACTED] indicates [REDACTED] arrived in Costa Rica from Mexico, D.F., Mexico, had in his possession passport [REDACTED] and gave as his home address Santa Monica, California.
Information copies of this letter are provided for Indianapolis and Phoenix since it appears both offices may have a continuing interest in this investigation.
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LEADS
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Advise Legat Managua if further investigation desired concerning [REDACTED] in Costa Rica and if interview of [REDACTED] is recommended.
LEGAT MANAGUA
AT MANAGUA, NICARAGUA. Will furnish any additional pertinent information that may become available to [REDACTED] of Costa Rica indicating sizable financial investments on the part of [REDACTED] in that country.
[REDACTED]
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b6 b7C b7D
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DB Cooper-8999
Serials: 164-3, SE 164-81-3692