SAC Milwaukee to Director re NORJAK, Madison PD records on Merlin Gene Cooper, with leads
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SAC Milwaukee to Director re Madison PD records on Merlin Gene Cooper
Document date 9 June 1988
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-62:267-268 Document: Airtel SAC Milwaukee to Director re Madison PD records on Merlin Gene Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-62:267-268 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A267-268 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. 267–268 (DB Cooper-25983–25984), Airtel, dated 9 Jun 1988, serial 164-4476-1711 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-62%3A267-268
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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ Airtel ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 6/9/88
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, MILWAUKEE (164A-36)(MRA)(P) 164-497-6753-473 (NORJAK) 164-4476- 1711 CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; OC: SEATTLE
Re Portland teletype, 4/26/88, captioned as above.
On 5/2/88, [REDACTED] Madison Police Department (MPD) [REDACTED] Madison, Wisconsin, reviewed MPD records for MERLIN GENE COOPER and advised that COOPER was arrested on 2/6/59 for probation violation and issuing worthless checks; 6/24/60 for issuing worthless checks; and again on 2/4/61 for two counts of issuing worthless checks. At the time of his 2/4/61 arrest, COOPER listed a permanent residence address of 13718 Graystone, Norwalk, California.
[REDACTED] advised that the arrest reports for the above offenses were microfilmed and the original reports destroyed. The microfilm printer for the format in which these records were copied was now broken and repair parts were no longer available. The film was therefore sent to the University of Wisconsin Media Laboratory for transfer to a more modern format. Copies of the actual reports were finally obtained on 5/19/88. A review of these reports indicates COOPER, in addition to writing worthless checks, was wanted for non-support in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. No information is contained in the records identifying any of COOPER'S relatives. COOPER did serve one year at the Wisconsin State Penitentiary at Waupun, Wisconsin.
On 5/19/88, a review of birth records at the Wisconsin Bureau of Vital Statistics, Madison, Wisconsin, determined that COOPER was born 7/8/34 to SILAS BYRON COOPER and ORPHA GRIFFIN COOPER. The COOPERS' residence was listed as Coon Valley,
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Bureau (164-2111) Los Angeles 2-Seattle 3-Milwaukee (164A-36) KHM/psr Approved: _____________ Transmitted __ _____________ Per _____________ (9) (Number) (Time)
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DB Cooper-25983
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b6 b7C b6 b7C
MI 164A-36
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Wisconsin. MERLIN GENE COOPER was born in the Township of Campbell, located in LaCrosse County, Wisconsin.
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LEADS
LOS ANGELES DIVISION
AT NORWALK, CALIFORNIA
If not already accomplished, conduct investigation to identify relatives or associates of COOPER at Norwalk, California.
MILWAUKEE DIVISION
AT COON VALLEY, WISCONSIN
Will attempt to obtain information on MERLIN COOPER'S family, noting that COOPER was allegedly very close to his mother, and may have confided information in her relative to hijacking if she can be located.
Attempt to identify other relatives or associates of COOPER, inasmuch as he may have been raised in that area.
Will review records at LaCrosse County Register of Deeds Office regarding charges of non-support which were filed against MERLIN GENE COOPER in an attempt to identify ex-spouse or other relatives.
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2* DB Cooper-25984
Serials: 164-2111, 164-36, 164-4476-1711, MI 164-36