SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle re TV-broadcast tip and military records search
Document date 6 August 1989
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Id: Cooper-Part-69:078-079
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-69:078-079 Document: Airtel SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle re TV-broadcast tip and military records search Id: Cooper-Part-69:078-079 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A078-079 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 69 pp. 78–79 (DB Cooper-29374–29375), Airtel, dated 6 Aug 1989, serial 164A-SE-81 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A078-079
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMIT VIA: A I R T E L
DATE: 8/6/89
TO: SEATTLE FROM: SAC, SAN DIEGO (164A-SE-81)(RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK; CAA-HIJAK; OO: SEATTLE
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Reference San Diego airtel to Seattle, dated 5/2/89.
Enclosed for Seattle are the following:
1. Original notes and FD-302 for [REDACTED], dated 7/21/89.
2. Original investigative insert for [REDACTED], dated 7/20/89.
On 7/12/89 at approximately 8:50 am, [REDACTED], telephonically contacted the San Diego Office of the FBI and advised that he had recently seen a national television news broadcast detailing the arrest of a possible suspect for the D.B. COOPER hijacking. [REDACTED] advised that during the broadcast a sketch of D.B. COOPER was displayed along with a photograph of the arrestee. After viewing both, [REDACTED] recalled an individual [REDACTED] first name unknown (FNU) [REDACTED] was subsequently interviewed and unable to provide adequate information to locate the specific military record of FNU [REDACTED] at the Military Records Center Resident Agency, St. Louis Division. Telephonic contact with the Military Records Center Resident Agency determined that there are at least 300 individuals with the last name [REDACTED]. Further investigation of this lead is being left to the discretion of Office of Origin.
This matter is considered RUC'd in San Diego.
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(2) Seattle ARMED AND DANGEROUS 1-San Diego (164A-SE-81) 1* [REDACTED] (3)
[Stamp:] 164A-SE-81-8776 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ ED _____
AUG 09 1989
[SEATTLE]
W/enc. DB Cooper-29374
164A-SE-81
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The following investigation was conducted in San Diego, California on July 20, 1989, by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent (SA)[REDACTED]
SA [REDACTED] telephonically contacted [REDACTED], [REDACTED], St. Louis Division, Military Records Center Resident Agency, St. Louis, Missouri, FTS 273-7000, in an attempt to determine the criteria required for searching and locating an individual's military record. [REDACTED] stated that individual personnel records are filed by utilizing the following criteria in the following order:
1. Last name 2. First name 3. Social Security number or Service number
Without the articulated information an individual's military record cannot be located in the Military Records Center. [REDACTED] stated that the individual's military unit, i.e. division, squad, batallion, etcetera, is of no assistance in locating the record.
[REDACTED] was advised of the possible D.B. COOPER information provided by [REDACTED] to the San Diego Division on July 12, 1989. Specifically, [REDACTED] was asked to determine the total number of military files with the last name [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] stated that there are at least 300 such files.
Finally, [REDACTED] advised that no photographs are included in the personnel files of Air Force officers and enlistees.
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DB Cooper-29375
Serials: 164A-SE-81, 164A-SE-81-8776