Los Angeles to Director, Minneapolis and Seattle re South Dakota man claiming to be Cooper
This copy: Part 62 pp. 224–227Also filed at Part 44 pp. 254–258 (primary)
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Los Angeles to Director, Minneapolis and Seattle re source tip linking subject to NORJAK via American Indian Movement
Document date 12 June 1980
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Id: Cooper-Part-62:224-227
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-62:224-227 Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Director, Minneapolis and Seattle re source tip linking subject to NORJAK via American Indian Movement Id: Cooper-Part-62:224-227 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A224-227 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 62 pp. 224–227 (DB Cooper-25932, DB Cooper-25934, DB Cooper-25935, DB Cooper-25936), Teletype, dated 12 Jun 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A224-227
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☑ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ___________ ☑ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☑ UNCLAS Date ____-11-7____
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FM LOS ANGELES (164-497) (7) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK
ON [REDACTED], FORMER [REDACTED] FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RE CAPTIONED INVESTIGATION TO SA [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES DIVISION, DURING A TELEPHONE CALL FROM SOURCE'S PRESENT RESIDENCE IN [REDACTED]
SOURCE ADVISED THAT ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED] AN AMERICAN INDIAN NOW LIVING IN SOUTH DAKOTA CONFIDED HE WAS PLANNING TO EVENTUALLY PUBLISH A BOOK REGARDING HIS PAST ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES AND [REDACTED] AN EXCERPT FROM WHAT WAS PURPORTED TO BE A [REDACTED] OF THE BOOK. THIS EXCERPT WAS AN ACCOUNT OF [REDACTED] HIJACKING OF A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER IN THE EARLY 1970S USING THE NAME "COOPER". ACCORDING TO SOURCE,
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JEH/cch (1) Approved: [signature] Transmitted __________ Per __________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402
DB Cooper-25932
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PAGE THREE (LA 164-467) UNCLAS WASHINGTON, IN THE EARLY 1970S.
SOURCE ALSO LEARNED THROUGH CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN INDIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT [REDACTED] REPORTEDLY GAVE SUMS OF MONEY TO THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM) IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN EARLY 1970S. SOURCE HAS HEARD DONATIONS
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SOURCE DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS FOLLOWS: [REDACTED] AKA [REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] 5 FOOT 10 INCHES, 170 POUNDS, DARK HAIR, GREEN EYES.
SOURCE BELIEVES [REDACTED] PRESENTLY RESIDING KYLE, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND EMPLOYED IN UNKNOWN CAPACITY AT LITTLE WOUND SCHOOL, KYLE.
SOURCE PLANS TO VISIT FRIENDS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, AUGUST 1980 AND IF SO DESIRED BY THE BUREAU CAN ARRANGE TO RECONTACT [REDACTED] FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SOURCE DID NOT DELVE INTO THIS INCIDENT IN GREAT DETAIL WITH [REDACTED] IN 1979 AS SOURCE WAS NOT THEN AWARE OF A SEATTLE HIJACKING INVOLVING
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DB Cooper-25934
PAGE FOUR (LA 164-467) UNCLAS SUSPECT USING THE NAME COOPER.
FOR INFORMATION SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS, SOURCE WAS ACTIVE FOR PHOENIX DIVISION [REDACTED] WHEN SOURCE FURNISHED EXTENSIVE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING [REDACTED] IN PHOENIX AND ELSEWHERE. SOURCE WAS [REDACTED] AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL UNTIL CONTACT WITH SA [REDACTED], LA DIVISION, [REDACTED]
SHOULD SEATTLE DESIRE TO UTILIZE SOURCE TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE [REDACTED] IT IS SUGGESTED A FOLLOWUP CONTACT WITH SOURCE, WHICH CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY TELEPHONE, BE MADE BY SA [REDACTED]
IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT DURING [REDACTED] INTERVIEW SOURCE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED HIS IDENTIFICATION BE PROTECTED. IN THIS REGARD, EXTREME CARE MUST BE TAKEN DURING ANY INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] AS SOURCE BELIEVES HE MAY BE THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED [REDACTED] OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
LOS ANGELES INDICES NEGATIVE RE [REDACTED] AKA.
LOS ANGELES RECOMMENDS MINNEAPOLIS CONDUCT DISCRETE INTERVIEWS VIA ESTABLISHED SOURCES TO CONFIRM WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] THAT
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DB Cooper-25935
PAGE FIVE (LA 164-467) UNCLAS
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ANY INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] BE DELAYED PENDING COMPARISON OF [REDACTED] FINGERPRINTS WITH LATENTS FROM CRIME SCENE SEARCH AND FURTHER CONSIDERATION RE UTILIZATION OF SOURCE PRIOR TO HIS INTERVIEW.
BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE KNOWN FINGERPRINTS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] IF ON FILE, IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, WITH CRIME SCENE LATENTS.
LOS ANGELES WILL AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION RE POSSIBLE RECONTACT WITH SOURCE.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, SOURCE IS SUBJECT OF BUREAU FILE [REDACTED] BT
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DB Cooper-25936
Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-467, LA 164-497, MP 164-73, SE 164-81