Urgent teletype SAC Las Vegas to Acting Director, Sacramento and Seattle re parachute identification

Document date 25 October 1972

Part 28pages 258–2603 pagesDB Cooper-9795–9797

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Document: Urgent teletype SAC Las Vegas to Acting Director, Sacramento and Seattle re parachute identification
Id: Cooper-Part-28:258-260
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 28 pp. 258–260 (DB Cooper-9795–9797), Teletype, dated 25 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-4022 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A258-260

NR 004 LV PLAIN 1:37 PM URGENT 10-25-72 SH TO ACTING DIRECTOR SACRAMENTO SEATTLE FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60) 3P

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RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU, OCT. TWENTYFOUR, LAST.

[REDACTED] TOIYNABE. NATIONAL FOREST, RENO, NEVADA, THIS DATE ADVISED DOG VALLEY BURNED NINETEEN SIXTY AND VARIOUS AREAS REPLANTED SINCE THAT TIME, AND PLANTING CONTINUING. HAVE BEEN SMALLER LOCAL FIRES, HOWEVER, LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF RECENT BURN IN LOCATION WHERE PARACHUTE FOUND.

STATED AREA HEAVILY PATROLLED AND BELIEVED IF PARACHUTE IN AREA FOR SOME TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND BY PATROLLING OFFICERS.

THERE ARE AERIAL PHOTOS OF AREA AVAILABLE, HOWEVER, ABOUT TWO HUNDRED PHOTOS COVER DOG VALLEY AREA. THEREFORE, END PAGE ONE

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164-81- 4022 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED CA____ FILED ____ #, OCT 25 1972

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO LOCATE PHOTO FOR SPECIFIC AREA. PHOTOS AVAILABLE U.S. FOREST SERVEICE REGIONAL OFFICE, ODGEN, UTAH.

STATED FOREST SERVICE DOES NOT USE PARACHUTES FOR CARGO DROPS AND DOUBTS IF PARACHUTE USED IN RECENT SMALL FIRES BECAUSE OF ACCESS BY ROAD. KNOWS OF NO PARACHUTE ACTIVITY IN AREA.

[REDACTED] WELL ACQUAINTED WITH AREA AND AVAILABLE TO GO TO AREA BUT NEEDS SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO PREPARE FOR TRIP.

SACRAMENTO DETERMINE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF AREA WHERE PARACHUTE FOUND AND IF PHOTOS NEEDED, SET LEAD FOR SALT LAKE CITY. ADVISE LAS VEGAS OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION SO FIRE RECORDS CAN BE CHECKED TO DETERMINE IF RECENT FIRE IN AREA WHERE CHUTE FOUND. IF SACRAMENTO DESIRES TO MEET AGENTS, FURNISH INFO TO LAS VEGAS SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

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PAGE THREE SEATTLE ADVISE IF PARACHUTE MEETS DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES FURNISHED UNSUB. END DC3 FBI SEATTLE TU CLR

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Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81-4022