NITEL Los Angeles re parachute clubs and suspect Michael Charles Sullivan
This copy: Part 36 pp. 1–8Also filed at Part 100 pp. 34–41 (primary) · Part 53 pp. 411–418 · Part 64 pp. 336–340 · Part 90 pp. 299–306 · Part 99 pp. 124–131 · Part 100 pp. 80–87
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Los Angeles to Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco re NORJAK suspect checks and parachute club inquiries
Document date 1 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-36:001-008 Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco re NORJAK suspect checks and parachute club inquiries Id: Cooper-Part-36:001-008 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A001-008 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 36 pp. 1–8 (DB Cooper-2633–2640), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-459 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A001-008
NR 039 LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-41) HONOLULU (164-85) VIA WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO CINCINNATI (164-55) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) RP.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED [REDACTED] UNKNOWN END PAGE ONE
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164-81-459 SEARCHED ... INDEXED SERIALIZED ... FILED ... DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2633
LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] ON SAME DATE [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] IS ONLY OPERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. [REDACTED] HAS BEEN [REDACTED] AIRPORT [REDACTED] YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] YEARS AND [REDACTED]
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INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS GROUP DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR SIXTY THREE, AND [REDACTED] BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
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ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED FILE NUMBER [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET [REDACTED] INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, [REDACTED] HAIR, [REDACTED] EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM
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END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-2634
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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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COMPLEXION, MARITAL STATUS [REDACTED] OCCUPATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EMPLOYER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, RESIDENCE [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA (AS OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA (AS OF APRIL [REDACTED] MOTHER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FBI NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CII NUMBER [REDACTED] SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PREVIOUS ARRESTS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER [REDACTED]
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END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-2635
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LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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MILITARY SERVICE, [REDACTED — b6/b7C]
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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT [REDACTED] SUPERIOR COURT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] IN SUPERIOR COURT, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
ON SAME DATE, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] OBTAINED, FACSIMILE FURNISHED SEATTLE DIVISION AND PHOTOGRAPH SENT AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTANT DATE.
END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-2636
LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE
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[handwritten initials or mark, cursive]
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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, [REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] IDAHO, LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED AT RESIDENCE IN [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN [REDACTED] DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. [REDACTED] ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN [REDACTED] DECEMBER ONE INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY [REDACTED] DURING ENTIRE TRIP.
RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] RECORDS [REDACTED] COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, REVEALED [REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] WAS ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT [REDACTED] P.M, WHEN OBSERVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] ADVISED PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP. [REDACTED] RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.
ON NOVEMBER [REDACTED] LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] REMOVED BY OFFICERS TO [REDACTED] HOSPITAL [REDACTED] END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-2637
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LA 164-497 PAGE SIX
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RECORDS OF ABOVE AGENCY SHOWS LOCAL RESIDENCE OF [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENT THIS DATE AT ABOVE ADDRESS AND STATES [REDACTED] ARRIVED [REDACTED] LAST, DRIVING GREEN PICK UP TRUCK. [REDACTED] OREGON, AND STATES CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST AND DROVE DIRECTLY TO [REDACTED] ARRIVING ABOUT TWO A.M., ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. [REDACTED] RESIDENCE UNTIL MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, WHEN [REDACTED] OBSERVED SIGHTS IN [REDACTED] AREA INCLUDING [REDACTED] ABOUT [REDACTED] LAST, [REDACTED] LEFT RESIDENCE ALONG TO [REDACTED] AND WAS UNAWARE OF [REDACTED] ACTIVITIES [REDACTED] HE STATES S CONVERSATION WITH [REDACTED] REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS AWARE [REDACTED] INSTANT DATE [REDACTED] SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS ANGELES, ADVISED HE SEARCHED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] FOLLOWING END PAGE SIX
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DB Cooper-2638
LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN
ARREST OF [REDACTED] BY [REDACTED] SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. STATED ONLY ITEMS FOUND IN SEARCH WERE SEVERAL SMALL HAND TOOLS. SECRET SERVICE INTEREST IN [REDACTED] DUE TO SECURITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON UPON ARRIVAL AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST.
[REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS ESTABLISHED IN [REDACTED] WITHIN FEW HOURS AFTER HIJACKING AND HE WAS DRIVING SAME VEHICLE WHICH DEPARTED [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.
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RE: PARACHUTE CLUBS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SKY DIVER MAGAZINE, ADVISED [REDACTED] RESIDES [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA,
RESIDENCE NEGATIVE THIS DATE.
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INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INFORMATION RE LOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF [REDACTED] AND FURNISH
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DB Cooper-2639
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LA 164-497 PAGE EIGHT
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ARTISTS SKETCH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON UNKNOWN SUBJECT THIS MATTER IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS.
[REDACTED] IN UNITED STATES, CONSIDERED AUTHORITY IN HIS FIELD AND HAS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
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PORTLAND AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
BUTTE AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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LOS ANGELES, INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED, TO LOCATE [REDACTED] AT LONG BEACH FOR INTERVIEW.
LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW, SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION BASED ON RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] AND EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMBERSHIP RECORDS IN HIS POSSESSION.
END
KSMD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-2640
Serials: BT 164-26, CI 164-55, HN 164-85, LA 164-497, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-459
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