Nitel SAC Los Angeles re car rental check traced to Oklahoma City

Document date 23 March 1972

Part 56pages 219–2213 pagesDB Cooper-23622–23624

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Document: Nitel SAC Los Angeles re car rental check traced to Oklahoma City
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 56 pp. 219–221 (DB Cooper-23622–23624), Teletype, dated 23 Mar 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-56%3A219-221

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Date: 3/23/72

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Via __TELETYPE__ ___NITEL___ (Priority)

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, PHILADELPHIA

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU MARCH TWENTY TWO LAST.

RECORDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/FIRST NATIONAL BANK, LOS ANGELES, WHERE [REDACTED] MAINTAINS CURRENT CHECKING ACCOUNT, REVEALED CHECK DRAWN ON [REDACTED] ACCOUNT BEARING HIS SIGNATURE DATED MARCH THREE LAST, AND MADE PAYABLE TO [REDACTED] IN AMOUNT OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THIS CHECK CASHED BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ON MARCH TEN LAST.

[REDACTED] MARCH TWENTY TWO LAST, [REDACTED] AGENT, [REDACTED]

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164-497 crs/kah (1)

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent _______ M Per [signature]

[Handwritten notations:] WA-553 S2-650 ON

LOS ANGELES, SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED [REDACTED]

DB Cooper-23622

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1969 O - 346-090 (11)

LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

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ADVISED PAYMENT OF THIS NATURE COULD BE FORWARDED TO OKLAHOMA CITY FOR RENTAL OF A CAR ANYWHERE IN U.S.

[REDACTED] PLACED-BUREAU-AGENT-IN-TELEPHONIC CONTACT [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] OKLAHOMA CITY, WHO ADVISED IF CODE NUMBER AVAILABLE, WHICH IS PLACED ON CHECK AT TIME OF DEPOSIT BY [REDACTED] HE MIGHT IDENTIFY PERSON RENTING AND PLACE OF RENTAL. SUCH NUMBER AS DESCRIBED BY [REDACTED] WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED ON BACK OF CHECK IN BANK RECORDS. HE WAS FURNISHED THIS NUMBER AND ADVISED THEIR RECORDS INDICATE THE CAR WAS RENTED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, BY [REDACTED] RENTAL AGREEMENT [REDACTED] NO OTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE AT [REDACTED] OKLAHOMA CITY, AND [REDACTED] STATES ORIGINAL RENTAL AGREEMENT MAINTAINED IN SEATTLE.

ON MARCH TWENTY THREE INSTANT, [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES, FURNISHED FOLLOWING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM [REDACTED] CORPORATION, SEATTLE:

RENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] INDICATES AT EIGHT AM, FEBRUARY TWENTY THREE LAST, AT SEATTLE AIRPORT, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TARZANA, CALIFORNIA, RENTED A FORD LTD, LICENSE [REDACTED] THIS CAR WAS RENTED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,

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DB Cooper-23623

LA 164-497 PAGE THREE

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ON "SEVENTH AVENUE". MILEAGE OUT WAS THREE TWO ZERO EIGHT AND MILEAGE IN WAS THREE TWO SIX ZERO. THE CAR WAS RETURNED AT TWO FIFTY EIGHT PM, FEBRUARY TWENTY THREE LAST. IT IS NOTED THAT PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION REVEALED [REDACTED] RENTED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FOUR LAST, WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY STATED WAS TO BE USED IN TRIP [REDACTED] SINCE THE RENTAL OF THE CAR ON FEBRUARY TWENTY THREE LAST DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH THE RENTAL OF [REDACTED] POSSIBILITY [REDACTED] made OF TWO SEPARATE TRIPS, BY [REDACTED] EXISTS. REVIEW OF FEBRUARY BILLING FOR TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBED TO BY [REDACTED] INDICATES NO TOLL CALLS WERE MADE FROM TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBED TO BY [REDACTED] ON DATES FEBRUARY TWENTY TWO, TWENTY THREE OR TWENTY FOUR LAST.

SEATTLE AT [REDACTED] SEATTLE AIRPORT, OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION FURNISHED BY [REDACTED] AT TIME OF RENTAL. ATTEMPT IDENTIFY POSSIBLE AIRLINES UTILIZED BY [REDACTED] INTERVIEW EMPLOYEE MAKING RENTAL TO ASCERTAIN IF ANY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] OR COMPANIONS OBSERVED AT TIME OF RENTAL. ASCERTAIN IF ANY CAR RENTALS MADE BY [REDACTED] ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FOUR LAST.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUING. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. PENDING.

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-23624

Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, SE 164-81