Nitel Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis and Seattle re Burley, Idaho informant's hijack plan

Document date 27 July 1972

Part 27pages 38–414 pagesDB Cooper-9012–9015

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-27:038-041

Document: Nitel Butte to Albany, Portland, St. Louis and Seattle re Burley, Idaho informant's hijack plan
Id: Cooper-Part-27:038-041
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A038-041

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 27 pp. 38–41 (DB Cooper-9012–9015), Teletype, dated 27 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3701 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A038-041

NR 002 BT PLAIN 5:30 PM'NITEL 7-27-72 TDS TO ALBANY PORTLAND (164-41) ST LOUIS SEATTLE (164-81) FROM BUTTE (164-26) (P)

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NORJAK. OO :SEATTLE

RE SALT LAKE CITY TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, JULY TWO FIVE, LAST.

[REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED], RESIDENCE BURLEY, IDAHO, ADVISED HE CONCEIVED HIJACKING IDEA IN ONE NINE SIX TWO - SIX THREE AS POSSIBLE TV SCRIPT. HE ENTERED USA, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ASSIGNED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TRAINED FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FT. BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED TO OKINAWA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHERE HE FIRST MET [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HOME, [REDACTED] ILION, NEW YORK, ALSO

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[REDACTED] AND TRAINED AT FT. BRAGG. [REDACTED] HAD ARMY SERIAL [REDACTED] END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] JUL 27 1972

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DB Cooper-9012

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[guess: PANV] 164-81-3701

PAGE TWO BT (164-26)

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[REDACTED] DISCUSSED HIJACK PLAN WITH [REDACTED] ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND SUGGESTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NO SPECIFIC DROP AREA, AIRLINE, OR CITIES MENTIONED. ACCOMPLICE ON GROUND WAS TO BE USED. [REDACTED] DUE TO HAZARD OF JUMPING FROM SIDE DOORS ON COMMERICAL JETS IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME, PLAN ABANDONED. [REDACTED] ONLY PERSON [REDACTED] DISCUSSED PLAN WITH. [REDACTED] LAST SAW [REDACTED] IN OKINAWA IN ONE NINE SIX SIX, AND HAS HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT SINCE. [REDACTED] DISCHARGED, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, [REDACTED] AS [REDACTED] PRESUMABLY SOME TIME THEREAFTER. [REDACTED] PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. [REDACTED] BELIEVES [REDACTED] HAS ABILITY AND MENTALITY TO CARRY OUT INSTANT HIJACKING BUT DOUBTS HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. [REDACTED] OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INOR NEAR ILION, PRIOR TO END PAGE TWO

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DB Cooper-9013

PAGE THREE BT (164-26)

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ENTERING SERVICE. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NO NAMES AVAILABLE TO [REDACTED] THIS SAME GROUP ALSO [REDACTED] AND HAD [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MAY HAVE USED ONE OF THESE BUDDIES AS ACCOMPLICE IN HIJACKING. [REDACTED] WILL PRODUCE [REDACTED] WHO IS WM, [REDACTED] [guess: TOPS] [guess: YOUNG] FIVE FEET NINE OR TEN INCHES, [guess: NO] SLENDER BUILD, BROWN HAIR AND EYES, NO GLASSES. [REDACTED] DENIED. [REDACTED] AND HAS HAD TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS COLLEGE. INSISTS HE WANTS ANY REWARD WHICH MAY BE PAID. ALBANY, AT ILION, NEW YORK, VERIFY IF [REDACTED] RESIDED ILION EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS AS WELL AS NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, ONE NINE SEVEN ONE. DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] EXISTED END PAGE THREE

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PAGE FOUR BT (164-26)

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EARLY ONE NINE SIXTIES. IF IT IS DEVELOPED [REDACTED] STRONG SUSPECT OF SUBJECT, WILL HAVE LOCAL BANKS CHECKED FOR RANSOM BILLS.

ST. LOUIS VERIFY [REDACTED] USA RECORD FOR DETAILS OF TRAINING, LOCATION, DATE OF DISCHARGE, AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA. WILL VERIFY TYPE OF DISCHARGE RECEIVED BY [REDACTED] AND IF HE HAS [REDACTED]

SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] WAS RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON OR OREGON THROUGH MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAUS OR TAX RECORDS.

BUTTE WILL FURNISH SEATTLE WITH PHOTO OF [REDACTED] WHEN AVAILABLE.

END VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DONE 8/1/72

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DB Cooper-9015

Serials: BT 164-26, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3701

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