NITEL Los Angeles re parachute clubs and suspect Michael Charles Sullivan
This copy: Part 90 pp. 299–306Also filed at Part 100 pp. 34–41 (primary) · Part 36 pp. 1–8 · Part 53 pp. 411–418 · Part 64 pp. 336–340 · Part 99 pp. 124–131 · Part 100 pp. 80–87
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Los Angeles to Director and offices re parachute inquiries and suspect interviews
Document date 1 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-90:299-306 Document: Teletype Los Angeles to Director and offices re parachute inquiries and suspect interviews Id: Cooper-Part-90:299-306 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A299-306 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. 299–306 (DB Cooper-40309, DB Cooper-40310, DB Cooper-40311, DB Cooper-40312, DB Cooper-40313, DB Cooper-40315, DB Cooper-40316), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-154 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A299-306
NR 030 LA PLAIN 1045 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-41) HONOLULU (164-85) VIA WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO CINCINNATI (164-55) FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 8P.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED [REDACTED] CASE UNKNOWN.
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DB Cooper-40309 164-41-154 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] [illegible] 1971 [illegible] PORTLAND
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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED].
ON SAME DATE [REDACTED], [REDACTED], ADVISED [REDACTED] IS ONLY OPERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. [REDACTED] HAS BEEN [REDACTED] AIRPORT [REDACTED] YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] YEARS AND [REDACTED].
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS GROUP DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR SIXTY THREE, AND [REDACTED] BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED FILE NUMBER [REDACTED], DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM
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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE
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COMPLEXION, MARITAL STATUS [redacted], OCCUPATION [redacted] [redacted], EMPLOYER [redacted] [redacted], CALIFORNIA, RESIDENCE [redacted], CALIFORNIA (AS OF [redacted]) [redacted], CALIFORNIA (AS OF APRIL [redacted]), MOTHER [redacted] [redacted], CALIFORNIA, FBI NUMBER [redacted] [redacted], CII NUMBER [redacted] SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER [redacted] [redacted] FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION [redacted] [redacted], PREVIOUS ARRESTS [redacted] [redacted], CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER [redacted]
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END PAGE THREE
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LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR
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[REDACTED]; MILITARY SERVICE, [REDACTED]
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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT [REDACTED], SUPERIOR COURT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN SUPERIOR COURT, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. ON SAME DATE, [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED], CALIFORNIA. PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] OBTAINED, FACSIMILE FURNISHED SEATTLE DIVISION AND PHOTOGRAPH SENT AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTANT DATE. END PAGE FOUR
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LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE
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RE: SUSPECT MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN, BORN DECEMBER FOURTEEN FOR Y AT KELLOGG, IDAHO, LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED AT RESIDENCE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SULLIVAN DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN JAPAN DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SULLIVAN ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN TO PASADENA DECEMBER ONE INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY [REDACTED] DURING ENTIRE TRIP.
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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] RECORDS [REDACTED] COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, REVEALED [REDACTED], BORN [REDACTED], WAS ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT [REDACTED] P.M, WHEN OBSERVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] ADVISED PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP. [REDACTED] RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.
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ON NOVEMBER [REDACTED] LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] REMOVED BY OFFICERS TO [REDACTED] HOSPITAL [REDACTED]. END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-40313
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LA 164-497 PAGE SIX
RECORDS OF ABOVE AGENCY SHOWS LOCAL RESIDENCE OF [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENT THIS DATE AT ABOVE ADDRESS AND STATES [REDACTED] ARRIVED [REDACTED] LAST, DRIVING GREEN PICK UP TRUCK. [REDACTED]. OREGON, AND STATES CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST AND DROVE DIRECTLY TO [REDACTED] ARRIVING ABOUT TWO A.M., ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. [REDACTED] RESIDENCE UNTIL MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, WHEN [REDACTED] OBSERVED SIGHTS IN [REDACTED] AREA INCLUDING [REDACTED]. ABOUT [REDACTED] LAST, [REDACTED] LEFT RESIDENCE ALONE TO [REDACTED] AND WAS UNAWARE OF [REDACTED] ACTIVITIES [REDACTED]. HE STATES'S CONVERSATION WITH [REDACTED] REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS AWARE [REDACTED]. INSTANT DATE AL [REDACTED], SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS ANGELES, ADVISED HE SEARCHED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] FOLLOWING END PAGE SIX
LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN
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ARREST OF [REDACTED] BY [REDACTED] SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. STATED ONLY ITEMS FOUND IN SEARCH WERE SEVERAL SMALL HAND TOOLS. SECRET SERVICE INTEREST IN [REDACTED] DUE TO SECURITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON UPON ARRIVAL AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. [REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS ESTABLISHED IN [REDACTED] WITHIN FEW HOURS AFTER HIJACKING AND HE WAS DRIVING SAME VEHICLE WHICH DEPARTED [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.
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RE: PARACHUTE CLUBS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SKY DIVER MAGAZINE, ADVISED [REDACTED] RESIDES [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA, [REDACTED]
RESIDENCE NEGATIVE THIS DATE.
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INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED [REDACTED] [REDACTED], INFORMATION RE LOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF [REDACTED] AND FURNISH END PAGE SEVEN
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LA 164-497 PAGE EIGHT
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ARTISTS SKETCH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON UNKNOWN SUBJECT THIS MATTER IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS. [REDACTED] IN UNITED STATES, CONSIDERED AUTHORITY IN HIS FIELD AND HAS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
PORTLAND AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
BUTTE AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN.
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LOS ANGELES, INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED TO LOCATE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT LONG BEACH FOR INTERVIEW.
LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW, SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION BASED ON RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] AND EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMBERSHIP RECORDS IN HIS POSSESSION. END
AJW FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
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DB Cooper-40316
Serials: BT 164-26, CI 164-55, HN 164-85, LA 164-497, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-154, SE 164-81
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