Acting Director to Seattle, St. Louis and Miami re caller identifying suspect from artist's conception

Document date 26 July 1972

Part 27pages 43–442 pagesDB Cooper-9017–9018

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Document: Teletype Acting Director to Seattle, St. Louis and Miami re caller identifying suspect from artist's conception
Id: Cooper-Part-27:043-044
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A043-044

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 27 pp. 43–44 (DB Cooper-9017–9018), Teletype, dated 26 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3703 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-27%3A043-044

NR 070 WA PLAIN 11:50PM NITEL 7-26-72 FWB TO SEATTLE ST. LOUIS MIAMI FROM ACTING DIRECTOR 2P

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ON EVENING OF JULY TWENTY-SIX INSTANT, [REDACTED] WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED FROM [REDACTED] THAT AFTER OBSERVING AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER IN CAP- TIONED CASE IN LIFE MAGAZINE, THE DESCRIPTION SET OUT AND THE COMPOSITE FIT THAT OF A FORMER ARMY ASSOCIATE BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHO HAD A [REDACTED] IN U.S. ARMY, FORMERLY SERVED WITH [REDACTED] AND WAS DISCHARGED SOMETIME DURING [REDACTED] STATED HE BELIEVED [REDACTED] RESIDED IN HIALEAH, FLORIDA, AND WAS [REDACTED] OF BELL TELEPHONE CO., MIAMI, FLA. [REDACTED] STATED HE COULD OFFER NO OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING [REDACTED] BACKGROUND OTHER THAN HE THOUGHT [REDACTED] ORIGINALLY CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA. END PAGE ONE

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164-81-3703 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] JUL 2 6 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-9017

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ST. LOUIS AT MILITARY RECORDS CENTER ATTEMPT TO LOCATE [REDACTED] MILITARY ARMY RECORD AND SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE HAVING [REDACTED] MILITARY FINGERPRINTS COMPARED WITH LATENT PRINTS IN THIS CASE.

MIAMI CONSIDER [REDACTED] AS POSSIBLE SUBJECT AND PROMPTLY CONDUCT NECESSARY INVESTIGATION AND ADVISE BUREAU AND OFFICE OF ORIGIN.

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DCA FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-9018

Serials: SE 164-81-3703