Cleveland to Birmingham and Seattle re Akron informant naming D.B. Cooper suspect
Document date 4 August 1975
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-36:140-144 Document: Teletype Cleveland to Birmingham and Seattle re Akron informant naming D.B. Cooper suspect Id: Cooper-Part-36:140-144 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A140-144 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. 140–144 (DB Cooper-13691–13695), Teletype, dated 4 Aug 1975, serial SE 164-81-1618 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-36%3A140-144
NR 004 CU PLAIN 6:57 PM NITEL 8/4/75 RJB TO BIRMINGHAM SEATTLE (164-81) FROM CLEVELAND (164-89)(P) NORJAK
ON JUNE 16, 1975, [REDACTED] AKRON PD, FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFO:
IN LATE MAY, 1975, AND EARLY JUNE, 1975, WHILE HE WAS ATTENDING SPORTSCAR RACES AT MANSFIELD, OHIO, HE MET AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS [REDACTED] A WHITE MALE, 30-34 YEARS OF AGE, 6'1" - 6'2", 190 - 210 POUNDS, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN CURLEY HAIR, WORN LONG, WITH A FULL BEARD AND MUSTACHE, AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED HIMSELF [REDACTED] THE SPORTSCAR RACES AT MANSFIELD, OHIO.
DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE RACES, THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF ACCOMODATIONS IN THE MANSFIELD, OHIO AREA AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, [REDACTED] SHARED A ROOM AT THE HOLIDAY INN ON ROUTE 30 AND I-71 AT MANSFIELD, OHIO, AND AS A RESULT OF SHARING THE ROOM, [REDACTED] SPOKE FREELY
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164-81-1618 SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... AUG 4 1975
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DB Cooper-13691
PAGE TWO CV 164-88
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TO HIM CONCERNING HIS BACKGROUND AND CURRENT INTERESTS. [REDACTED] STATED THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY COVERING A SPORTSCAR CIRCUIT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS ASSOCIATION (IMSA) AND WAS DOING A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON SPORTSCAR RACING IN AMERICA, AND WAS TO BE SPONSORED BY THE IMSA IN CONNECTION WITH GOODRICH TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, AKRON, OHIO. DURING THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE U.S. ARMY ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES UNIT AND THAT HE HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE ART OF PARACHUTING AND THE MILITARY ARTS. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT WHILE IN THE SERVICE, HE BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS WITH ANOTHER SPECIAL FORCES [REDACTED] × AND THEY HAD CONDUCTED NUMEROUS MILITARY RELATED OPERATIONS TOGETHER AND THAT AS A RESULT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE MILITARY, [REDACTED] HAD CONTACTED HIM UPON HIS RELEASE FROM THE ARMY AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD A GOOD DEAL GOING DOWN BUT NEEDED ONE MAN ON THE GROUND AND INQUIRED IF HE WERE INTERESTED AND THAT WE WOULD BE SET FOR LIFE AFTER THIS ONE OPERATION.
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DB Cooper-13692
PAGE THREE CV 164-88
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AT THIS TIME, [redacted] STATED [redacted] IS REALLY D. B. COOPER AND HE IS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE AIRLINES FOR ALL THAT MONEY."
WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHY D. B. COOPER WAS IDENTICAL TO [redacted] STATED THAT BASED ON THE ABOVE, AND THE FACT THAT [redacted] HAD WORKED FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA AND WAS AN [redacted] [redacted] AND WAS HAD THE BENEFIT OF MILITARY PARACHUTING, PARTICULARLY FREE FLYING, AND THAT BASED ON COMPOSIT SKETCHES AND DESCRIPTIONS FURNISHED BY VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES CONCERNING D. B. COOPER, HE COULD ALMOST POSITIVELY STATED THAT COOPER [redacted] ARE ONE AND THE SAME, AND THAT AFTER ALL, [redacted] HAD ALL THE KNOWLEDGE TO PULL OFF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT [redacted] HAD CALLED HIM RELATING TO THAT ONE BIG JOB THAT WOULD SET THEM FOR LIFE, AND HE ONLY NEEDED ONE MAN ON THE GROUND AND THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE RECEIVED THIS TELEPHONE CALL, THE D. B. COOPER EPISODE OCCURRED.
WHEN [redacted] QUESTIONED [redacted] AS TO WHY HE HAD NOT
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DB Cooper-13693
PAGE FOUR CV 164-88
GONE TO THE AUTHORITIES WITH THIS INFORMATION, [redacted] INDICATED HE DID NOT LIKE NOR TRUST THE "FEDS" AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT [redacted] RIPPED THEM OFF THAT WAY. [redacted] ADVISED HE HAS NOT SEEN [redacted] SINCE THAT TIME AND TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, [redacted] IS STILL COVERING THE SPORTSCAR CIRCUIT FOR THE IMSA AND THAT [redacted] HAS [redacted] AND AS A [redacted] HAD TOLD HIM [redacted] LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, [redacted] HOWEVER, [redacted] SUPPOSEDLY [redacted] ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND HE WAS POSSIBLY [redacted] DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA LICENSE PLATES, NUMBER UNRECALLED.
ON AUGUST 4, 1975, [redacted] [redacted] B.F. GOODRICH TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO, ADVISED HE KNOWS [redacted] VERY WELL AND STATED HE BELIEVES [redacted] WILL BE ATTENDING THE SPORTSCAR RACES AT TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY IN ALABAMA. [redacted] ADVISED [redacted]
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DB Cooper-13694
PAGE FIVE CV 164-38
USUALLY CONTACTS HIM AT THE RACE TRACK, AND HE, [redacted] ADVISED HE WILL BE AT TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY FROM AUGUST 6 TO AUGUST 10, 1975, AND WILL BE STAYING AT THE DOWNTOWNER MOTEL, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, AND CAN BE REACHED THROUGH TELEPHONE NUMBER [redacted] [redacted] ADVISED FURTHER THAT HE HAD A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR [redacted] IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, [redacted] STATED HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH THE FBI AND WAS INFORMED THAT BUAGENTS OF THE BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA OFFICE WOULD CONTACT HIM.
BIRMINGHAM AT ANNISTON, WILL CONTACT B. F. GOODRICH [redacted] AT THE DOWNTOWNER MOTEL, TELEPHONE [redacted] ANYTIME AFTER 1:00 PM ON AUGUST 6, 1975 AND WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO CONTACT [redacted] THROUGH [redacted] AND INTERVIEW RE ABOVE INFO.
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SLA FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-13695
Serials: 164-89, CV 164-38, CV 164-88, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1618
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