Portland to Director and offices re Cooper hospitalized at time of hijacking

Document date 30 September 1988

Part 49pages 142–1432 pagesDB Cooper-20249

Also filed at: Part 97 pp. 148–149

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Document: Teletype Portland to Director and offices re Cooper hospitalized at time of hijacking
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 pp. 142–143 (DB Cooper-20249), Teletype, dated 30 Sep 1988, serial SE 164-81-8987 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A142-143

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FORMS.TEXT HAS 1 DOCUMENT INBOX.1 (#509) TEXT: VZCZCPD0012 RR HQ MI CG BT OC SE DE PD #0012 2742342 ZNR UUUUU R 302309Z SEP 88 FM FBI PORTLAND (164A-41)(RUC) TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)/ROUTINE/ FBI MILWAUKEE (164-36)(MRA)/ROUTINE/ FBI CHICAGO/ROUTINE/ FBI BUTTE (164A-26)/ROUTINE/INFO FBI OKLAHOMA CITY (164A-244)/ROUTINE/INFO FBI SEATTLE (164A-81)/ROUTINE/INFO BT UNCLAS CITE: //3670//

SUBJECT: NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE. FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU AND ALL RECEIVING OFFICE, MERLIN GENE COOPER (DATE OF BIRTH JULY 8, 1934), SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER, IN THAT INVESTIGATION BY ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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Sus Merlin Gene Coop[guess: er] #1 1002

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164-81-8987 [partially illegible stamp text] SEP 30 [guess: 1988] b6 b7C

PAGE TWO DE PD 0012 UNCLAS THE PENDLETON, OREGON, RESIDENT AGENCY, DETERMINED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1988, THAT COOPER WAS AN IN-PATIENT AT THE WALLA WALLA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON, FROM OCTOBER 18, 1971, THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 1971. IT IS NOTED THE HIJACKING OCCURRED NOVEMBER 24, 1971. SPECIFICALLY, NURSES NOTES FOR THE DAY OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, WOULD ELIMINATE SUSPECT. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. BT #0012

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DB Cooper-20249

Serials: 164-2111, 164-244, 164-36, BT 164-26, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8987