To SAC Seattle re FAA employee's letter about Red Rooster Tavern conversation
Document date 11 June 1973
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Id: Cooper-Part-31:290-291
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-31:290-291 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re FAA employee's letter about Red Rooster Tavern conversation Id: Cooper-Part-31:290-291 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-31%3A290-291 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 31 pp. 290–291 (DB Cooper-11546–11547), Memo, dated 11 Jun 1973, serial SE 164-81-4786 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-31%3A290-291
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 6/11/73
FROM : SA [REDACTED b6, b7C]
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
RE: [REDACTED b6, b7C]
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On 8/5/72, [REDACTED b6, b7C] [REDACTED], Puyallup, Washington, Phone [REDACTED b6, b7C] advised by letter that he is [REDACTED] with the FAA. [REDACTED] stated he works in Auburn, Washington. After getting off work at 11:00 PM on the evening of 8/3/72 [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] stopped at the Red Rooster Tavern, 3244 Auburn Way South. [REDACTED] advised that while at the Red Rooster Tavern he talked with [REDACTED] he thought he knew who D.B. COOPER was. [REDACTED] advised he knows an individual whose initials are D.B. and that he was living [REDACTED] for a long time. [REDACTED] advised he introduced D.B. [REDACTED] advised D.B. was just crazy enough to do something like hijack an airplane. D.B., according to [REDACTED] has done "some flying" and was a paratrooper in the armed services for a period of three years. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that D. B. fits the description of D.B. COOPER and [REDACTED] who was with him at the Red Rooster Tavern agreed [REDACTED] Finally, [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that he had not seen D.B. for some time and thought he was living in Alaska.
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On 9/11/72, the records of the Seattle Police Department were checked and the following information was obtained: concerning [REDACTED b6, b7C]
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(3) Seattle JRNN/rse [handwritten: illegible] (3) [handwritten: 1-2]
[handwritten approval/routing marks]
SERIALIZED [REDACTED] JUN 11 1973 [REDACTED]
16 4- 81- 4786
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-11546
SE 164-81
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Name [REDACTED] b6 DOB [REDACTED] b7C POB [REDACTED] Height 5'8½" tall Weight 155 lbs. Build Medium Complexion Fair Eyes Ble Hair Brown SSAN [REDACTED]
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In addition a Seattle Police Department [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] was obtained by [REDACTED] b7C
On 9/12/72, the records of the Seattle Credit Bureau were checked concerning [REDACTED] and the following information b6 was obtained: b7C
[REDACTED] Previous Address [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] On 9/13/72, records of the King County Sheriff's Office, were checked concerning [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with negative results.
On October 26, 1972, [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] Puyallup, Washington, was shown a photograph of b7C [REDACTED] identified this photograph as being a picture of the individual he had contact with on the evening of August 3, 1972, at the Red Rooster Tavern. Since the date of the initial contact [REDACTED] advised he has had no contact whatsoever with [REDACTED]
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LEADS
SEATTLE At Auburn, Washington
Will attempt to locate [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] Auburn, and obtain from him further information concerning b7C the suspect whose initials are D.B. that [REDACTED] believes is identical with UNSUB in this matter.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-11547
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4786