FBI Las Vegas to Bureau of Customs re smuggling information

Document date 2 February 1968

Part 29page 4041 pageDB Cooper-10500

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Document: Letter FBI Las Vegas to Bureau of Customs re smuggling information
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 29 p. 404 (DB Cooper-10500), Letter, dated 2 Feb 1968, serial SE 164-81-4365 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A404-404

Federal Office Building, Room 2-011 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

February 2, 1968

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Bureau of Customs U.S. Treasury Department Room 309 125 North Fourth Street Los Angeles, California 90013

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RE: [REDACTED]

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Dear Sir:

[REDACTED], Las Vegas Police Department, who is employed part time in a service station in Las Vegas telephonically advised this office on January 31, 1968, of the following information:

[REDACTED] who is a [REDACTED] employed by the Las Vegas Police Department, is suspected [REDACTED] the service station, identity not stated, of [REDACTED] into the United States from both Canada and Mexico.

[REDACTED] was unable to furnish any specific details as to why his employer suspected [REDACTED] other than that [REDACTED] had once been in the service station in his personal automobile which bore a sticker from some unknown hotel in Canada. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] drove a [REDACTED] bearing Nevada license [REDACTED] He stated [REDACTED] also had access to and drove a 1965 Mercury bearing Nevada license

[REDACTED] is described as a white male American, age 40 - 48, 6', 190 pounds, brown hair. 164-81-4365

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The above is being furnished to your office for any action deemed appropriate.

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1-Addressee 3-Las Vegas (1 - (1 - (1 - HBP/lca (4)

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Very truly yours,

DEAN W. ELSON Special Agent in [Charge]

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ INDEXED JAN 2.6.1973

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DB Cooper-10500

Serials: SE 164-81-4365