SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re former Northwest Airlines employee suspect
Document date 28 January 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-37:112-113 Document: Airtel SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re former Northwest Airlines employee suspect Id: Cooper-Part-37:112-113 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A112-113 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 37 pp. 112–113 (DB Cooper-14252–14253), Airtel, dated 28 Jan 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A112-113
FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)
FBI
Date: 1/28/76
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Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Precedence)
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE
FROM: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK Se: J
/164-81-1a535 Enclosed for Seattle is one photo of [REDACTED] obtained from Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[REDACTED], Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, contacted the FBI and relayed the following:
[REDACTED] with Northwest, told [REDACTED] he knows of a man who formerly worked as [REDACTED] for Northwest Airlines who may be identical to D. B. COOPER in captioned matter. The man is [REDACTED] who was always based in Seattle and probably still lives there. [REDACTED] saw [REDACTED] in December, 1975, at the Hyatt House near the airport in Seattle. At the time, [REDACTED] appeared to be drunk and according to Hyatt House employees, he hangs around there every night.
[REDACTED] talked with [REDACTED] and asked him what he was doing. [REDACTED] said he was not doing anything, but thought he might go to Portland. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] had no visible means of support but when he left the Hyatt House he got into a 1975 blue Lincoln Continental.
[REDACTED] advised that at first he did not recognize [REDACTED] himself was based in Seattle from 1960 to 1964, and knew [REDACTED] at the time. He felt that five years ago [REDACTED] would have fit the description of COOPER because he was thin, dark, and always had a thin-line mustache. [REDACTED] looks quite
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(2) - Seattle (Enc. 1) rec'd. Gw 1 - Minneapolis RHM/kam (3)
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164-8|-6830 Kare [guess: Kal] JAN 3 0 1976
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Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ Special Agent in Charge M Per [stamp] DB Cooper-14252
MP 164-73
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different now, particularly because he has put on quite a bit of weight. [REDACTED] described him as dark, Mexican-looking, heavy black beard, 40 to 45 years of age, 5'10" to 6' tall, dark hair and dark eyes. [REDACTED] said that [REDACTED] knows enough about Northwest Airlines that he would be able to pull off a skyjacking.
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On 1/26/76, [REDACTED] was contacted at his residence and viewed the attached photo of [REDACTED], advised that this is a photo of the person who he ran into in Seattle, Washington. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] now appears much darker and has a full beard and mustache and long hair.
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[REDACTED] advised that he met [REDACTED] at approximately 6:00 a.m. at the Hyatt House Restaurant near the Seattle airport. After [REDACTED] left the restaurant, [REDACTED] spoke with a waitress who knew [REDACTED] and advised that he frequently comes into the restaurant in the early morning hours and was usually somewhat intoxicated and obnoxious.
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The above is furnished for whatever action Seattle deems appropriate.
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DB Cooper-14253
Serials: 164-8-6830, MP 164-73, SE 164-81-1A535