Seattle to Director and San Francisco re obtaining Cooper subject's fingerprints

Document date 24 June 1980

Part 44pages 292–2932 pagesDB Cooper-18174–18175

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Document: Teletype Seattle to Director and San Francisco re obtaining Cooper subject's fingerprints
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 pp. 292–293 (DB Cooper-18174–18175), Teletype, dated 24 Jun 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A292-293

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [X] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [XX] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ____________ [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] UNCLAS E F T O [X] UNCLAS Date 6/24/80 003

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FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PRIORITY 2247z [illegible]

SAN FRANCISCO PRIORITY 1860z [Signature: Subject] BT

UNCLAS

ATTN: SA [REDACTED] IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION;

ATTN: SA [REDACTED] SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION.

NORJAK; CAA - HIJACKING (A); OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TELCALL TO LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, JUNE 24, 1980.

FOR INFORMATION OF THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, SEATTLE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH A WRITER, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS REGARDING A POTENTIAL SUBJECT OF CAPTIONED CASE. [REDACTED] BELIEVES HIS RESEARCH REGARDING "D. B. COOPER" HAS UNCOVERED THE REAL HIJACKER. [REDACTED] PLANS TO WRITE A BOOK ON THIS CASE. [REDACTED] HAS

JEM:jsh (1)

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Approved: [Signature] Transmitted [illegible] Per [illegible] (Number) (Time) * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402 DB Cooper-18174 |[illegible] 8418

FD-3 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date ________

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PAGE TWO (SE 164-81) UNCLAS

OBTAINED A COPY OF THE POTENTIAL SUBJECT'S FINGERPRINTS FROM MICRO- FILM EMPLOYMENT RECORDS. [REDACTED] WILL PROVIDE THESE FINGERPRINTS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ON JUNE 24, 1980. THE SEATTLE DIVISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUREAU LEGAL SECTION HAS AGREED TO NOTIFY [REDACTED] IF THE PRINTS DO NOT MATCH, WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS FOLLOW- ING THE COMPLETION OF THE FINGERPRINT COMPARISON. IF THE PRINTS ARE IDENTICAL, THE FBI WILL MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTACTS WITH [REDACTED] AND HE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE FBI WITH ALL OF HIS RESEARCH DATA.

IN ORDER TO FULFILL THIS AGREEMENT WITH [REDACTED] THE LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITIOUSLY COMPARE THE PRO- VIDED FINGERPRINTS WITH THE 24 LATENT FINGERPRINTS IN CAPTIONED CASE AND TELEPHONICALLY NOTIFY SUPERVISOR [REDACTED] OR SA [REDACTED] AT SEATTLE.

SAN FRANCISCO IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITIOUSLY FORWARD THE FINGERPRINTS FROM [REDACTED] TO THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

BT

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Approved: ________ Transmitted ________ Per ________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402 DB Cooper-18175

Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81