Seattle to Acting Director and Las Vegas re NORJAK suspect whereabouts

Document date 26 October 1972

Part 28pages 279–2802 pagesDB Cooper-9816–9817

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 28 pp. 279–280 (DB Cooper-9816–9817), Teletype, dated 26 Oct 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A279-280

NR 025 SE PLAIN 6:26 PM.URGENT 10/26/72 DCA TO ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2747) LAS VEGAS (164-86) FROM SEATTLE (164-129) (P) . 2P

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RE SEATTLE AIRTEL TO BUREAU, TEN TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYTWO, AND SEATTLE TELECALL TO ASAC, LV, TODAY.

FOR INFORMATION OF LAS VEGAS, BUREAU ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] HAS BEEN INFORMED BY [REDACTED] THAT [REDACTED] HAD INTERVIEWED [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND ON THE BASIS OF AN INTERVIEW, BELIEVES [REDACTED] IS IDENTICAL WITH "D. B. COOPER," HIJACKER OF NWA FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE.

[REDACTED] FURTHER BELIEVES THAT [REDACTED] MAY POSSIBLY BE IN- VOLVED IN THE TWABOM MATTER ON MARCH SEVEN, SEVENTYTWO.

[REDACTED] IS TO BE IN WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER TWENTYSEVEN, SEVENTYTWO, AND WILL BE INTERVIEWED. THE BUREAU HAS INSTRUCTED END PAGE ONE

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16 4-81- 2/035 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [checkmark] FILED [checkmark] OCT 2 6 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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PAGE TWO SE 164-129

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THAT INVESTIGATION BE IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTED TO DETERMINE WHERE- ABOUTS OF [REDACTED] ON THE DATES OF NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AND MARCH SEVEN, SEVENTYTWO. TO THIS END, THE FOLLOWING LEADS ARE SET FORTH:

LAS VEGAS AT LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA: WILL LOCATE AND INTERVIEW SUBJECT'S [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA, TELEPHONE NO. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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WILL ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE FROM [REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS ON ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. NOTE THIS IS THE DATE THAT THE NORJAK HIJACKING OCCURRED.

IN ADDITION, ATTEMPT TO LEARN SUBJECT'S WHEREABOUTS ON THREE SEVEN, SEVENTYTWO, THE DATE OF TWABOM.

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LAS VEGAS, FURTHER OBTAIN SUBJECT'S FLIGHT LOGS AND RECORDS THAT ARE REPORTEDLY IN THE POSSESSION OF SUBJECT'S [REDACTED] IN ORDER TO DETERMINE SUBJECT'S WHEREABOUTS ON THE TWO ABOVE MENTIONED DATES.

A COPY OF REFERENCED COMMUNICATION IS BEING FORWARDED BY SE- PARATE COMMUNICATION FOR THE LAS VEGAS DIVISION.

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BUREAU ADVISED TELEPHONICALLY THEY DESIRE ABOVE INFORMATION BY NOON, TEN TWENTYSEVEN, SEVENTYTWO. E N D

DWH FBI WASHDC HOLD FOR ONE ACK FOR THREE

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Serials: 164-129, 164-2747, LV 164-86, SE 164-129