Springfield to Acting Director re NORJAK suspect identified from Life sketch
This copy: Part 59 pp. 402–406Also filed at Part 26 pp. 546–550 (primary)
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Urgent teletype Springfield to Acting Director re Paris, Illinois man reported as possible skyjack suspect
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Document date 29 June 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-59:402-406 Document: Urgent teletype Springfield to Acting Director re Paris, Illinois man reported as possible skyjack suspect Id: Cooper-Part-59:402-406 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A402-406 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. 402–406 (DB Cooper-24569–24573), Teletype, dated 29 Jun 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A402-406
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NR006 SI PLAIN 2:47PM URGENT 6-29-72 GWM TO; ACTIND DIRECTOR, FBI ATTENTION FBI LABORATORY INDIANAPOLIS LOS ANGELES SALT LAKE CITY SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SPRINGFIELD (165-31) NIAK OO: SEATTLE
RE CHICAGO TELETYPE TO THE BUREAU JUNE TWENTYSEVEN LAST. FOR INFORMATION OF INDIANAPOLIS, LLOS/ANGELES, AND SALT LAKE CITY, RE CHICAGO ELETYPE ADVISED [REDACTED] PARIS, ILLINOIS, HAD CONTACTED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE TWENTY- FIVE LAST AND ADVISED [REDACTED] POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN CAPTIONED SKYJACK. ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE [REDACTED] AT PARIS, ILLINOIS, JUNE TWENTY- SEVEN/LAST NEGATIVE, AND EVENING OF JUNE TWENTYEIGHT LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RESIDENCE [REDACTED] PARIS, ILLINOIS CONTACTED AT BUSINESS LOCATION AT MECO INDUSTRIES, PARIS, ILLINOIS, END PAGE ONE
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[guess: York] P [guess: Hqtk] N 7/1 [guess: Hqtk] 16
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6/29/1 [handwritten] [handwritten: notified] [handwritten: Br] [handwritten: Heomit for June 30]
Co. [guess: file] 569 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED JUN 29 1972
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DB Cooper-24569
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SI 164-31 PAGE TWO
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WHERE HE IS EMPLOYED [REDACTED] ADVISED HE HAD JUST SEEN ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING OF UNSUB, AKA D. B. COOPER, IN JUNE ISSUE LIFE MAGAZINE, AND DRAWING EXCELLENT LIKENESS TO [REDACTED], [REDACTED] WHO HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE NOVEMBER, SEVENTYONE. HE STATED [REDACTED] HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN MANU- FACTURE OF JET AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND HAS EXCELLENT WORKING KNOWLEDGE RE ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT; HOWEVER, NO KNOWN PARACHUTING EXPREIENCE. [REDACTED] HAS NEVER KNOWN [REDACTED] TO USE ANY ALIAS, BUT NAME D. B. COOPER IS FAMILIAR AS POSSIBLY BEING SOMEONE IN HIS PAST. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] POB [REDACTED] SINGLE, SIX FEET ONE, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD, BLACK HAIR AND EYES, NO PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE, [REDACTED] LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, MEXICAN HAT, UTAH. [REDACTED] POINTED OUT [REDACTED] ALMOST ALWAYS WEARS BUSINESS SUIT WITH WHITE SHIRT AND IS HEAVY DRINKER. HE ADVISED [REDACTED] DEEPLY IN DEBT AND AT ONE TIME TOLD [REDACTED] WHO WORKS IN [REDACTED] ALLISON DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS, IP, SOME TIME AGO, HE WAS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE BECAUSE OF DEBTS. HE ADVISED [REDACTED] IS ALSO CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF [REDACTED] TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] WHO END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-24570
SI 164-31 PAGE THREE
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HAS PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] HOWER, [REDACTED] HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SEVENTYONE. [REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] LAST WORKING WITH WESTWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, MIXICAN HAT, UTAH, HOME OFFICE EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA [REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED [REDACTED] OWES FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, APPROXIMATELY FORTYFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND [REDACTED] ACQUAINTED WITH [REDACTED] ALSO FURNISHED NAME OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA. AN EMPLOYEE OF LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT, WHO COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED]
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HE ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS ARRESTED EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FOR INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT IN SIXTYSIX OR SIXTYSEVEN. [REDACTED] KNOWS OF NO OTHER ARREST BUT EXPLAINED [REDACTED] WAS SUBJECT OF GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE WHILE HANDLING [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FURNISHED TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] TAKEN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY YEARS AGO AND WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND MORE CURRENT PHOTOGRAPH PLUS SAMPLE OF [REDACTED] HANDWRITING. [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] IS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND BELIEVES HE IS CAPABLE OF CAPTIONED SKYJACK. END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-24571
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SI 164-31 PAGE FOUR
SPRINGFIELD INDICES NEGATIVE RE [REDACTED]
FBI LABORATORY, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE ANY LATENT FINGERPRINTS PREVIOUSLY DEVELPED IN THIS MATTER WITH THOSE OF [REDACTED], DOB [REDACTED]
LOS ANGELES AT EL SEGUNDO, CONDUCT ARREST CHECK RE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH.
AT NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FOR ANY ADDTIONAL INFORMATION RE [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
SALT LAKE CITY AT MEXICAN HAT, UTAH, ATTEMPT TO CONTACT PERSONNEL AT WESTWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE [REDACTED]
INDIANAPOLIS AT INDIANAPOLIS, CONTACT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ALLSION DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS, RE [REDACTED]
AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, CONTACT 3,3 '9 ,9,, TELEPHONE [REDACTED], RE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF [REDACTED] AND ALSO [REDACTED] RE [REDACTED]
SPRINGFIELD AT PARIS, ILL., WILL MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND HANDWRITING SAMPLES HE MAY LCATE.
END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-24572
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SI 164-31 PAGE FIVE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] AS FURNISHED BY [REDACTED] MAILED DIRECT TO SEATTLE DIVISION FROM DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. RA. [REDACTED] SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] P.
E N D LLS FBI LOS ANGELES CLR HOLD
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DB Cooper-24573
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