NITEL teletype SAC Los Angeles to Seattle and St. Louis re NORJAK suspect resembling sketch

Document date 17 December 1971

Part 55pages 50–512 pagesDB Cooper-23188–23189

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Document: NITEL teletype SAC Los Angeles to Seattle and St. Louis re NORJAK suspect resembling sketch
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 55 pp. 50–51 (DB Cooper-23188–23189), Teletype, dated 17 Dec 1971, serial LA 164-497-65 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-55%3A050-051

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FBI Date: 12/17/71

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, ST. LOUIS N E[redacted]

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

NORJAK.

RE SEATTLE TEL TO LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER ELEVEN THIRTY, AND LOS ANGELES TEL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER TWO LAST.

REGARDING SUSPECT, [REDACTED] FOR INFORMATION b6 OF ST. LOUIS, [REDACTED] SEATTLE/WASHINGTON, ADVISED b7C BEARS AN ARTIST SKETCH THERE IS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE, MALE, MID TO LATE THIRTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED NINETY POUNDS, [REDACTED] PREMATURE GRAY HAIR, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT MAY NOT BE SCARED. W[REDACTED] HE WENT TO [REDACTED] AND DID A GREAT DEAL OF PARACHUTE JUMPING AND EXPERIMENTED WITH EXPLOSIVES. 164-497-/65/

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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED

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164=81 CRC/clh (1) [illegible]

Approved: [signature] Sent _______ M Per [initials] DB Cooper-23188 Special Agent in Charge GPO: 1970 O - 402-735

LA 164-81 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] ADVISED [guess: HE] PLANNED TO RETURN TO [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE LIVED PREVIOUSLY.

EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION AT COLLEGES, VETERANS ADMIN- ISTRATION, CREDIT AND CRIMINAL RECORDS, AND RECORDS OF PARACHUTE CENTER, LOS ANGELES AREA HAVE FAILED TO REVEAL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED]

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ST. LOUIS, AT MILITARY RECORDS CENTER: REVIEW MILITARY RECORDS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] AND [strikethrough: SENT] SET OUT APPROPRIATE [strikethrough: LETTER] LEADS TO ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST.

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Unsub armed and dangerous

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DB Cooper-23189

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Serials: LA 164-497, LA 164-497-65, LA 164-81, SE 164-81