Nitel teletype Director to Seattle and Los Angeles re NORJAK investigative instructions on suspect
Document date 27 April 1972
Also filed at: Part 75 pp. 213–215 · Part 108 pp. 311–313
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-59:035-037 Document: Nitel teletype Director to Seattle and Los Angeles re NORJAK investigative instructions on suspect Id: Cooper-Part-59:035-037 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A035-037 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 59 pp. 35–37 (DB Cooper-24177–24179), Teletype, dated 27 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A035-037
NR045 WA PLAIN 6:14PM NITEL 4/27/72 KAC TO SEATTLE LOS ANGELES FROM DIRECTOR 3P
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NORJAK
RE SEATTLE NITEL APRIL TWENTYSIX LAST.
SEATTLE OFFICE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY OBTAIN HANDWRITING AND HANDPRINTING SAMPLES FROM [REDACTED] AS THE [REDACTED] HE ACKNOWLEDGED GIVING [REDACTED] WAS SIGNED BY HIM. [REDACTED] CLAIMS THIS [REDACTED] IS FOR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] CLAIMS [REDACTED] IS FOR [REDACTED] MAJOR CASE PRINTS OF [REDACTED] SHOULD BE OBTAINED AND IMMEDIATELY FORWARDED THE BUREAU. LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION HAS DEVELOPED EIGHT UNIDENTIFIED LATENTS ON ZEROX COPY OF [REDACTED] FURNISHED NEW YORK OFFICE BY [REDACTED] THE SEATTLE OFFICE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] PRIOR TO GROWTH OF HIS BEARD. IT SHOULD BE DETERMINED FROM [REDACTED] AND HIS END PAGE ONE
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164-997-4 [?] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____
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DB Cooper-24177
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ACQUAINTANCES HOW LONG HE HAS HAD THIS BEARD. INFORMATION FROM [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] INDICATES [REDACTED] STAYED AT THE SWEPT INN MOTEL, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY SIXTEEN LAST. SEATTLE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE THE TELEPHONE CALLS MADE BY [REDACTED] AND IDENTIFY EACH SUBSCRIBER.
REFERENCED SEATTLE TELETYPE STATES CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO A REVIEW OF BOEING FILES FOR PERSONS TERMINATED JANUARY SEVENTY TO APRIL SEVENTY. THIS REVIEW SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTED WITH SUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO EXPEDITIOUSLY HANDLE. IT WOULD APPEAR NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS IN THIS REVIEW COULD BE ELIMINATED BY SEX, AGE, AND OTHER FACTORS THEREBY DIMINISHING THE NUMBER OF FILES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE REVIEWED. THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUSPECT WITH OR WITHOUT THE WIG SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY SHOWN TO SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL AT BOEING HAVING THE SAME APPROXIMATE TENURE (FIFTEEN YEARS) AS THE SUSPECT TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN IDENTIFY THIS PERSON. POSTING OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE EMPLOYEE BULLETIN BOARD IS NOT SUFFICIENT AND YOU ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE EXHAUSTIVE CONTACTS WITH ON DUTY EMPLOYEES TO IDENTIFY THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS CALLED FROM [REDACTED] HOME END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-24178
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AND BUSINESS PHONES SHOULD BE VIGOROUSLY PURSUED UNTIL ALL PERSONS CAN BE ELIMINATED. THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF [REDACTED] SHOULD BE EXAMINED CAREFULLY FOR ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IDENTIFY OF THE SUSPECT.
FROM INTERVIEWS OF [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] IT IS OBVIOUS ONE OR BOTH IS LYING CONCERNING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS MATTER. RECEIVING OFFICES SHOULD AFFORD THIS MATTER CONTINUOUS VIGOROUS ATTENTION UNTIL ALL INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SUFFICIENT MANPOWER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO INSURE THAT INVESTIGATION RECEIVES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND PROMPTLY COMPLETED. THE BUREAU SHOULD BE KEPT CURRENTLY ADVISED ON AN IMMEDIATE BASIS. END
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FBI LOS ANGELES ACK FOR 2 TELS
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DB Cooper-24179
Serials: 164-997