Little Rock to Director and field offices re background of Joseph Henry Johnston
Document date 26 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 97 pp. 329–333
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-90:100-104 Document: Teletype Little Rock to Director and field offices re background of Joseph Henry Johnston Id: Cooper-Part-90:100-104 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A100-104 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 90 pp. 100–104 (DB Cooper-40091–40095), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A100-104
Jos. Henry Johnston ELIMINATED
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NR 003 LR PLAIN 6:50 PM PM 11/26/71 URGENT LEF TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS MEMPHIS PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) .5P UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. SEATTLE ORIGIN. RE MYTEL OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX, SEVENTYONE. ON INSTANT DATE, PAROLE RECORD FOR JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON REVIEWED WITH THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION OBTAINED: NAME: JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, SEX: MALE, RACE: CAUCASIAN, DOB: APRIL EIGHT, TWENTY- THREE, POS: SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, FBI NUMBER FIVE ONE FOUR DASH THREE NINE THREE A, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION: - FIVE M/M, FIVE/SEVENTEEN, CAPITAL T/ CAPITAL I, SMALL T, SIXTEEN/SIXTEEN. SSAN: FOUR FOUR SEVEN DASH ZERO FIVE DASH FOUR TWO THREE NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED NOV 26 1971 FBI — PORTLAND [signature]
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DB Cooper-40091
LP 164-22 PAGE TWO
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SEVEN ZERO. RELATIVES: MOTHER, MRS. IDA JOHNSTON, THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI, OR IN CARE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON. [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON, [REDACTED] ADDRESS: [REDACTED], MT. VERNON, OHIO. [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: UNKNOWN. [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: MOBILE, ALABAMA. [REDACTED], MOBILE, ALABAMA. [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: [REDACTED], COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI. [REDACTED], ADDRESS UNKNOWN, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. DATE OF FINAL RELEASE FROM PAROLE, AUGUST THREE ONE, SEVENTYONE. OCCUPATIONS LISTED: CARPENTER'S HELPER, SALESMAN, DRAFTSMAN, IRONWORKER AND BOILERMAKER. MILITARY SERVICE END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-40092
LP 164-22
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RECORD: U.S. ARMY, FEBRUARY ONE, FORTY-THREE TO DECEMBER THREE ZERO, FORTY-THREE, SERVICE NUMBER THREE FOUR SEVEN ZERO THREE ONE TWO THREE, RECEIVING HONORABLE DISCHARGE. WAS CONVICTED BY COURT'S MARSHAL ON FOUR OCCASIONS. EDUCATION: COMPLETED NINTH GRADE AT WILSON, ARKANSAS, OBTAINED GED WHILE IN MILITARY.
ARREST RECORD ATTACHED TO PAROLE REPORT INDICATED NUMEROUS ARRESTS DATING FROM APRIL TEN, FORTY-SEVEN THROUGH APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT INCLUDING FIVE ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE NINE SIX NINE ONE AND TWO ARRESTS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE FIVE FOUR SIX THREE. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY PD, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY TWO EIGHT, SIXTY-TWO. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY THREE ONE, SIXTY-TWO ON CHARGE, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, ARMED. ON MARCH TWENTY, SIXTY-THREE, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON WAS SENTENCED TO OHIO PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR A TERM OF FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY, UNDER NUMBER ONE ONE SIX EIGHT FIVE NINE. SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-40093
LP 164-99 PAGE FOUR INSTITUTION ON MAY ONE THREE, SIXTY-THREE, WAS PAROLED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIX, SIXTY-FOUR, WAS PICKED UP AS A PAROLE VIOLATOR ON AUGUST TWO TWO, SIXTY-SIX, WAS PAROLED OCTOBER TWO SIX, SIXTY- SEVEN FROM LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, WAS RETURNED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ON MAY SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT.
RECORDS, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, POST OFFICE, CHECKED THIS DATE, REVEAL A FORWARDING ADDRESS FOR JOHNSTON DATED SEPTEMBER ONE, SEVENTY-ONE, AS FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY- NINE STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON.
CINCINNATI DIVISION AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. WILL FROM ABOVE INFORMATION REVIEW PRISON RECORDS OF JOHNSTON, OBTAIN RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT, AND SUBMIT RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN.
PORTLAND DIVISION AT PORTLAND, OREGON. WILL CONTACT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND PD OFFICIALS, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO REVIEW JOHNSTON'S ARREST RECORD FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH, AND SUBMIT RESULTS TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-40094
LT 164-22 PAGE FIVE WILL ALSO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY-NINE STREET, PORTLAND, CONCERNING SUSPECT. LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. WILL CONTINUE LOGICAL INVESTIGATION. PENDING
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DB Cooper-40095