WFO to Seattle re tip on resident of Officers Service Club as Cooper suspect

Document date 3 July 1980

Part 45pages 169–1713 pagesDB Cooper-18301–18303

Part of: WFO to Seattle (WF 0075) re Officers Service Club suspect; leads for credit and criminal checks · 3 July 1980 · Part 45 pp. 389–392

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Document: Teletype WFO to Seattle re tip on resident of Officers Service Club as Cooper suspect
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 pp. 169–171 (DB Cooper-18301–18303), Teletype, dated 3 Jul 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A169-171

PAGE THREE DE WF 0075 U N C L A S [REDACTED] PRODUCED THE RENTAL REGISTRATION FORM ON WHICH [REDACTED] INDICATED HIS PAST ADDRESS AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] JUNEAU, ALASKA. HIS PRIOR MILITARY WAS LISTED AS [REDACTED] UNITED STATES ARMY. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] HAD HEARD FROM ANOTHER TENANT'S CONVERSATION THAT A FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN- VESTIGATION AGENT HAD RENTED A ROOM AT THE OFFICERS CLUB WHILE HE WAS IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. AT 1:30 A.M. THAT EVENING [REDACTED] WAS AWAKENED BY [REDACTED] WHO WANTED TO STAY IN HIS APARTMENT THAT NIGHT. [REDACTED] WAS AFRAID THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WAS WAITING FOR HIM AT HIS APARTMENT. WHEN [REDACTED] REFUSED HIM ENTRY, [REDACTED] DEPARTED THE VICINITY AND DID NOT RETURN UNTIL THE NEXT EVENING. INVESTIGATION AT WASHINGTON, D.C., REVEALED THAT [REDACTED] DOES IN FACT WIRE $960 MONTHLY FROM THE RAINIER NATIONAL BANK, 1 RAINIER SQUARE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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DB Cooper-18301

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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] WAS GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBING THE $3,[illegible] THAT WAS FOUND BY CHILDREN DURING A RECENT FAMILY PICNIC IN THE PORTLAND AREA.

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[REDACTED] BELIEVES THAT [REDACTED] IS POSSIBLY CAPTIONED D. B. COOPER. HIS BELIEF IS BASED UPON 1) [REDACTED] INTEREST IN THE RECOVERED MONEY; 2) THE $900 THAT IS WIRED FROM A WASHINGTON BANK; 3) HIS FEAR OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AGENTS; 4) HIS "OUTDOOR" EXPERTISE; 5) HIS PARATROOPER EXPERIENCE AND 6) HIS PHYSICAL AGE AND FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT COINCIDE WITH COMPOSITE DRAWINGS OF D. B. COOPER.

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SEATTLE IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITIOUSLY SUBPOENA THE BANK RECORDS OF [REDACTED] AT RAINIER NATIONAL BANK, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND ASCERTAIN 1) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT; 2) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ANY OTHER ACCOUNT HELD BY OR FOR [REDACTED]; 3) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH; 4) ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING MILITARY SERVICE.

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DB Cooper-18302

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SEATTLE WILL ALSO EXPEDITIOUSLY HANDLE CREDIT AND CRIMINAL CHECKS CONCERNING [REDACTED] IN ADDITION TO CHECKING NCIC AND CCH FOR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

INASMUCH AS TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SEATTLE WILL TELEPHONICALLY CONTACT WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE SPECIAL AGENT [REDACTED] CONCERNING THE ABOVE FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION. BT #0075 NNNN

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DB Cooper-18303

Serials: WF 0075, WF 6275