SAC Los Angeles to Director, Seattle and San Francisco re Seattle beach meeting with UNSUB
Document date 21 April 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 58 pp. 55–58 (DB Cooper-24082–24085), Teletype, dated 21 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-58%3A055-058
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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Date: 4/21/72
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) (IMMEDIATE) SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (IMMEDIATE) [handwritten: T/M] SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (URGENT) [handwritten: OAK]
FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)
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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.
RE LOS ANGELES NITEL TO BUREAU APRIL TWENTY LAST.
RE: UNSUB; [REDACTED] DASH SOURCE. [REDACTED] SUBMITTED TO [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED LOS ANGELES FBI [handwritten: g/Los Angeles] OFFICE THIS DATE. HE STATES FIRST MET [REDACTED] EARLY FEBRUARY LAST AFTER BECOMING AWARE THROUGH SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES IN LOS ANGELES [REDACTED] HE AND [REDACTED] WHO OFTEN WORKS WITH HIM, AGREED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [guess: SOME] TIME, [guess: THEREAFTER] [guess: RESOURCES] DEDUCED FROM COMMENTS BY [REDACTED] THIS CASE; AND WAS TO RECEIVE [REDACTED] FROM
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[handwritten: EDONA INCATION]
164-497 crs/kah (1)
Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent: SF: 5/2 SE: 4/[guess: 29] WA: 5/2 M Per [initials]
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED
DB Cooper-24082
* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1969 O - 346-090 (11)
LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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ON AFTERNOON FEBRUARY TWENTY TWO LAST, HE AND [REDACTED] b6 WITH NECESSARY [REDACTED] DEPARTED LOS ANGELES FOR b7C SEATTLE VIA WESTERN AIRLINES ARRIVING SEATTLE EVENING SAME DAY. TRAVELED BY TAXI TO EDGEWATER INN, SEATTLE, WHERE [REDACTED] ALREADY RESIDING.
[REDACTED] OUTLINED TWO PLANS FOR [REDACTED] b6 UNSUB. [REDACTED] IN ADJOINING ROOMS AT EDGEWATER b7C INN DISCARDED DUE [REDACTED] ALTERNATE PLAN TO [REDACTED] AT NEARBY BEACH AREA, PUGET SOUND, DECIDED UPON.
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IN MORNING FEBRUARY TWENTY THREE LAST, [REDACTED] INTRODUCED b6 "DRIVER" ANSWERING TO NAME [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] DESCRIBED WHITE MALE, [REDACTED] FIVE FEET TEN, ONE SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK BROWN HAIR, WELL TRIMMED FULL BEARD, WEARING SPORT CLOTHES AND OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR WITH SEATTLE. [REDACTED] REFERRED TO BY [REDACTED] DRIVING NEW YELLOW SEDAN, NOT FORD AND POSSIBLY DODGE DART, BELIEVED TO BE RENTED CAR, TRANSPORTED [REDACTED] TO NEARBY [REDACTED] RENTED WHITE FORD WITH RED INTERIOR AND FOLLOWED [REDACTED] BACK TO MOTEL.
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DB Cooper-24083
LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
[REDACTED] PLACED IN FORD AND [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] AS DRIVER, DEPARTED FOR PRE-ARRANGED BEACH SITE. [REDACTED] REMAINED AT MOTEL. [REDACTED] PROCEEDED IN NORTHERLY DIRECTION VIA FREEWAY FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES TO ROADSIDE PARK ON OCEAN. [REDACTED] TAKEN FROM VEHICLE TO POINT DESIGNATED ON BEACH BY [REDACTED] PATH TAKEN TO BEACH NECESSITATED USING ELEVATED WALKWAY OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. NO MARINA OBSERVED IN EITHER DIRECTION. [guess: A] PARK MAINTENANCE MAN OBSERVED PAINTING GREEN FENCE.
APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES LATER, [REDACTED] AND UNSUB APPEARED FROM AREA OF PARKING LOT. [REDACTED] CONDUCTED AT DISTANCE OF [handwritten: OVER 100 feet] FROM [REDACTED] WHO PREVIOUSLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MID WAY [REDACTED] UNSUB MOVED APPROXIMATELY [handwritten: 30 FEET] NEARER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BY UNSUB. AFTER [REDACTED] UNSUB SUBSTITUTED [REDACTED] [handwritten: INADVERTENTLY] [REDACTED] OF UNSUB. [REDACTED] BY UNSUB.
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DB Cooper-24084
LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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NEAR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LASTED ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. UNSUB DESCRIBED WHITE MALE, FORTIES, FIVE FEET TEN, ONE SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, HAIR AND EYE COLOR UNKNOWN AND DESCRIBED AS VERY ORDINARY IN APPEARANCE. DRESS SAME AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED BY [REDACTED] STATES COULD POSSIBLY IDENTIFY UNSUB IF IN SAME ATTIRE. [REDACTED] AND UNSUB DEPARTED IN SAME DIRECTION AS ARRIVED. [REDACTED] IN FORD AND RETURNED TO EDGEWATER INN. UPON ARRIVAL, HE OBSERVED [REDACTED] AND UNSUB STANDING BESIDE YELLOW CAR IN MOTEL PARKING LOT. FORD PARKED TWO SPACES AWAY. AFTER SHORT PERIOD, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND UNSUB DROVE AWAY IN YELLOW CAR. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH HIM AND RETURNED LOS ANGELES SAME AFTERNOON.
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ON APRIL ELEVEN LAST, AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO SECURE PAYMENT FOR ABOVE [REDACTED] CONTACTED [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES. HE DETERMINED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES AND [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-24085
Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, SE 164-81