SAC WFO to Director re NORJACK investigation of Coffelt and Beckwith funds
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Original title: Airtel SAC WFO to Director re NORJACK investigation of Bryant Coffelt and Beckwith funds
Document date 2 March 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-39:218-219 Document: Airtel SAC WFO to Director re NORJACK investigation of Coffelt and Beckwith funds Id: Cooper-Part-39:218-219 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A218-219 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 39 pp. 218–219 (DB Cooper-15403–15404), Airtel, dated 2 Mar 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A218-219
3/2/77
AIRTEL
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SAC, WFO (164-169) (P)
NORJACK (OO:SE)
RE: UNSUB: [REDACTED]
Re Los Angeles airtel to Bureau dated 1/24/77.
Enclosed for Seattle are the original and one copy of two FD-302's and an investigative insert. Enclosed for the Bureau and Los Angeles are one copy each of the FD-302's and the investigative insert.
Investigation at Washington, D.C., determined that the Hoffmann Furniture Company is no longer in business. The business was sold approximately five years ago. It is now Hoffmann Interiors, Inc., 7020 [guess: Westmoreland] Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland. The enclosure present the requested investigation in this matter.
[REDACTED] reflected [guess: that] COFFELT was the subject of [REDACTED] in 1966, [REDACTED] No Bureau file number was noted. The investigation was instituted by [REDACTED] to determine the veracity of information received from the Lawrence, Kansas, Police Department that indicated that COFFELT was spending large amounts of money in Lawrence, Kansas, and [REDACTED] worked for the FBI and he worked for the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. (WDC). Investiga- tion at Lawrence, Kansas, and WDC determined that COFFELT was a student of the University of Kansas and intermittently he resided in WDC. COFFELT was also the companion and chauffer
2-Bureau (Enc. 3) 2-Los Angeles (164-497)(Enc. 3) 2-Seattle (164-81)(Enc. 5) 1-WFO TFD:smv (7)
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ MAR 30, 1977 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-15403
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869
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164-81 - 7389
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LO An WPO
WFO 164-169
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of ROBERT LINCOLN TODD BECKWITH, a wealthy elderly man from WDC,[redacted]the last direct descendant of ABRAHAM LINCOLN who freely gave COFFELT large sums of money. During an interview of COFFELT, he denied impersonating a Justice Department employee. He said [redacted] was actually [redacted] who, according to COFFELT, was never employed by the FBI. At the time of the interview, [redacted] resided somewhere in New Jersey. The file further reflects that COFFELT was described as a white, male, DOB 2/20/16 at Carthage, Missouri, FBI Number 590 868. WFO files reflect no additional information re COFFELT.
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LEAD
WASHINGTON FIELD
AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Will attempt to locate and interview ROBERT TODD LINCOLN BECKWITH for any information he may have regarding COFFELT.
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DB Cooper-15404
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, SE 164-81, WF 164-169