Washington Field to Seattle re UNSUB aka D.B. Cooper, passport affidavit
Document date 4 August 1980
Also filed at: Part 45 pp. 405–407
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-45:269-271 Document: Teletype Washington Field to Seattle re UNSUB aka D.B. Cooper, passport affidavit Id: Cooper-Part-45:269-271 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A269-271 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 45 pp. 269–271 (DB Cooper-18478–18480), Teletype, dated 4 Aug 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A269-271
VZCZCWF0031 RR SE DE WF #0031 2170117 ZNR UUUUU R 042238Z AUG 80 FM FBI WASHINGTON FIELD (164-301) TO FBI, SEATTLE ROUTINE BT
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Subject - [REDACTED]
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U N C L A S
UNSUB; AKA D.B. COOPER, CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT; INFORMATION CONCERNING
RE WFO TELCALL TO SEATTLE AUGUST 4, 1980. WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE (WFO) INVESTIGATION INDICATES A [REDACTED] DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IS PRESENTLY SUSPECTED OF POSSIBLY BEING IDENTICAL TO CAPTIONED UNSUB.
ACCORDING TO A WFO SOURCE [REDACTED] IS CURRENTLY PLANNING LIQUIDATION OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT FROM RANIER NATIONAL BANK (VANCOUVER WASHINGTON BRANCH) BY HAVING MONEY WIRED TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT FOR CONFIDENTIAL LIQUIDATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDC). [REDACTED] OPENED A SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT D.C. NATIONAL BANK ON AUGUST 4, 1980 BY WIRE FROM HIS ACCOUNT IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.
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8490 164-81-[illegible] SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED 1980
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DB Cooper-18478
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IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, [REDACTED] IS SEEKING A PASSPORT, USING A FRAUDULENT AFFADAVIT, FOR IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE TO THE [REDACTED]
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IT IS NOTED BY WFO THAT THE RECOVERED MONEY OF APPROXIMATELY $3000 WAS FOUND NEAR VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] HAS APPARENTLY USED MAKE-UP AND OR OTHER DISGUISES IN PAST BANK ROBBERIES TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK AS THOUGH HE HAD DARK/SWARTHY SKIN. [REDACTED] ALSO WAS KNOWN TO WEAR SUNGLASSES DURING A BANK ROBBERY AS PART OF HIS DISGUISE AND IS A HEAVY SMOKER.
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[REDACTED] IS A GRADUATE OF THE [REDACTED] AND WORKED ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT UNTIL [REDACTED] HE WAS A [REDACTED] IN THE U.S. ARMY.
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[REDACTED] FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL SIZE ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THOSE OF THE DESCRIBED D.B. COOPER AND THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIMS OF THE HIJACKING.
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[REDACTED] HAS BEEN RECEIVING $900 PER MONTH BY WIRE FROM THE RANIER NATIONAL BANK, VANCOUVER BRANCH, 861 MAIN STREET, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. THE MONEY HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTO AN ACCOUNT MANAGED BY HIS RESIDENT MANAGER. THE RESIDENT MANAGER DEDUCTS HIS RENT AND GIVES [REDACTED] THE REMAINING $650 IN CASH. [REDACTED] OPENED A SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT D.C. NATIONAL ON AUGUST 4, 1980 TO PRECLUDE FURTHER INVOLVEMENT BY HIS RESIDENT MANAGER,
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DB Cooper-18479
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[REDACTED] HAS BEEN KNOWN TO USE SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS [REDACTED] FOR OPENING ACCOUNTS AND FOR IDENTIFYING DATA.
LEADS:
SEATTLE AT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. WILL EXPEDITIOUSLY CONTACT U.S. ATTORNEY AND ACQUIRE A COURT ORDER FOR THE ACCOUNT OF [REDACTED] DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] PLACE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] FOR HIS ACCOUNT AT RANIER NATIONAL BANK ABOVE.
WILL DETERMINE WHAT KIND(S) OF ACCOUNT(S) ARE OPEN, WHERE DEPOSITS ORIGINATE; (I.E. OVERSEAS, OTHER BANKS ETC.) HOW MUCH MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY DEPOSITED INTO THE ACCOUNT; THE AVERAGE BALANCE; AND ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION CONCERNING [REDACTED] OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO MAY BE HELPING [REDACTED] WITH HIS ACCOUNT(S).
IN AS MUCH AS [REDACTED] IS PLANNING DEPARTURE FROM THE U.S. EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING OF THIS MATTER IS REQUESTED. BT
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DB Cooper-18480
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Serials: 164-301