SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle re Berwyn, Illinois interview about Merlin Cooper
Document date 2 November 1988
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Id: Cooper-Part-49:152-153
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-49:152-153 Document: Airtel SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle re Berwyn, Illinois interview about Merlin Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-49:152-153 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A152-153 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 49 pp. 152–153 (DB Cooper-20280–20281), Airtel, dated 2 Nov 1988, serial SE 164-81-8942 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-49%3A152-153
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CLASSIFICATION: ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ SECRET ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 11/2/88
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, CHICAGO (164A-297) (RUC) (SQ. 8) NORJAK; CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
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MERLIN GENR COOPER SW3 1002
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Reference Milwaukee airtel to the Director dated 8/4/88.
On 9/28/88, [REDACTED] Berwyn, Illinois, telephone number [REDACTED] was interviewed concerning [REDACTED] MERLIN COOPER.
[REDACTED] advised that sometime between 1956/58, [REDACTED] MERLIN, resided in the Chicago area in that he was a Air Traffic Controller at MIDWAY AIRPORT, Chicago, Illinois. [REDACTED] noted that [REDACTED] stayed in the Chicago area for approximately six months to one year at which time he moved back to Lacross, Wisconsin. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that shortly after [REDACTED] returned to Wisconsin he got divorced from his wife. However, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] further noted that sometime before the aforementioned divorce, [REDACTED] and moved after the divorce to either Oregon or Oklahoma.
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[REDACTED] advised that she did not hear from [REDACTED] again until several days prior to his death when she received a telephone call from him in which he noted that he was dying of cancer. During this conversation,
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(2) Seattle 1-Chicago DMO/ccj (3) ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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Approved: [signature] Transmitted _______ Per _______ (Number) (Time)
[handwritten] 164 - 81 - 8942 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...2..FILED...2... NOV 1 81988
DB Cooper-20280
CG 164A-297
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[REDACTED] recalls that [REDACTED] stated he was calling from Oregon but would be returning "home" after a stop in Oklahoma. However, [REDACTED] noted that a couple of days after this telephone call she received a second telephone call from [REDACTED] at which she was informed that [REDACTED] was dead as a result of a gunshot wound.
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[REDACTED] stated that she was not currently in possession of any paintings done by MERLIN COOPER. However, [REDACTED] recalls that when COOPER did paint he signed his work at the bottom by using the name "COOP". In addition, [REDACTED] never heard [REDACTED] referred to as D. B. COOPER.
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With regard to an injury of MERLIN COOPER'S leg, [REDACTED] noted that when [REDACTED] was approximately [REDACTED] years old he accidentially hit himself in the leg with an ax. [REDACTED] noted that as a result of this accident, [REDACTED] occasionally walked with a slight limp.
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[REDACTED] also noted that [REDACTED] was involved in a second accident while employed as a truck driver for a logging company in Oregon. [REDACTED] could not be specific concerning the facts of this accident but did advise that [REDACTED] had surgery on his wrist as a result of said accident.
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[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] MERLIN COOPER as follows:
Sex: Male Race: White Height: 6'2" Weight: Very skinny Hair: full head of hair, curly/wavy Complexion: Olive
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Since all outstanding leads have been covered by the Chicago Division this matter is being considered RUC'd.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB Cooper-20281
Serials: CG 164-297, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8942