Nitel teletype Los Angeles re new NORJAK suspect from LA County Sheriff's Office
Document date 2 January 1973
Also filed at: Part 60 pp. 192–196
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-29:197-201 Document: Nitel teletype Los Angeles re new NORJAK suspect from LA County Sheriff's Office Id: Cooper-Part-29:197-201 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A197-201 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 29 pp. 197–201 (DB Cooper-10265, DB Cooper-10266, DB Cooper-10268, DB Cooper-10269), Teletype, dated 2 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-4259 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A197-201
NR 027 LA PLAIN 107 PM NITEL 1-2-73 RWM SENT 1-3-72 TO SEATTLE (164-81) ST. LOUIS (164-63) SACRAMENTO (164-50) LAS VEGAS OKLAHOMA CITY FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) 5P.
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NORJAK, OO: SEATTLE.
REGARDING NEW SUSPECT.
[REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] [guess: SMITH] [guess: S] [REDACTED] ALL OFFICERS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - [REDACTED] HAVE ADVISED THAT ARTIST CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER IN DECEMBER ISSUE OF FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN BEARS CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (PHONETIC). END PAGE ONE
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164-81 - 4259 SEARCHED...INDEXED... SERIALIZED...FILED... JAN 3 1973
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DB Cooper-10265
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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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THIS DATE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FURNISHED INFORMATION FROM PERSONNEL RECORDS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INDICATING [REDACTED] EMPLOYED AS [REDACTED] PROMOTED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] TO [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS GREGARIOUS, ENERGETIC AND INTELLIGENT OFFICER AND NO DEROGATIVE INFORMATION IN PERSONNEL FILE. [REDACTED] CLAIMED TO BE GRADUATE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SCHOOL WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, NO DATE INDICATED BUT [REDACTED] BELIEVED DURING WORLD WAR II. [REDACTED] STATES [REDACTED] A WHITE MALE, BORN [REDACTED] LEFT LOS ANGELES 1962 - 1963 AND BELIEVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] REPORTEDLY [REDACTED] ALSO BELIEVED PARACHUTIST AND DESCRIBED AS QUOTE ADVENTURESOME UNQUOTE. [REDACTED] STATES [REDACTED] RECENTLY OBSERVED IN LOS ANGELES DRIVING A NEW [REDACTED] AND REPORTEDLY HAVING DOMESTIC PROBLEMS INCLUDING END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-10266
LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
- A DIVORCE OR SEPARATION FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NOTED PERSONNEL FILE INDICATED [REDACTED] IN [REDACTED] WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OFFICERS ACQUAINTED WITH [REDACTED] BETWEEN [REDACTED] STATE CLOSELY MATCHES DESCRIPTION IN MAGAZINE.
NO PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF [REDACTED] AVAILABLE IN PERSONNEL FILE. CHECK OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES RECORDS FAILED TO REVEAL CURRENT DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] AND POSTAL GUIDE CONTAINS NO REFERENCE TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
[REDACTED] ADVISED LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S [REDACTED] WOULD HAVE MORE CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED] CURRENTLY ON VACATION AND WILL CONTACT LOS ANGELES FBI UPON RETURN.
SACRAMENTO ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] LOCATED AT [REDACTED] IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CONDUCT ALL LOGICAL
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LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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DISCRETE INVESTIGATION IN ATTEMPT TO: (1) ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] 11/23-24/71. (2) OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED] FINANCIAL SITUATION. (3) ATTEMPT TO VERIFY IF KNOWN PARACHUTIST. (4) ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED]
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LAS VEGAS AT RENO, NEVADA: CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION AS SET FOR SACRAMENTO AND ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] HOLDER OF NEVADA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS [REDACTED] BELIEVED IN VICINITY OF RENO, NEVADA.
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ST. LOUIS REVIEW APPROPRIATE MILITARY RECORDS TO OBTAIN BACKGROUND REGARDING [REDACTED] AND ASCERTAIN IF HE IS FORMER PARACHUTIST, NOTING HE CLAIMED POSITION AS [REDACTED]
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OKLAHOMA CITY REVIEW FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION RECORDS TO ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] AND OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION. REVIEW RECORDS UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION TO ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] KNOWN PARACHUTIST.
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LOS ANGELES WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FURNISH SEATTLE COPIES OF END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-10268
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LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE
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PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] TAKEN 1962 AS OBTAINED FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PERSONNEL FILE FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
END
SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-10269
Serials: LA 164-497, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4259, SL 164-63