Butte to Director re suspect Harry William Celk
Document date 8 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-91:250-251
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:250-251 Document: Teletype Butte to Director re suspect Harry William Celk Id: Cooper-Part-91:250-251 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A250-251 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 91 pp. 250–251 (DB Cooper-40638), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-33 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A250-251
NR 011 BT PLAIN 6:30 PM 12-8-71 URGENT DD TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)L SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) SAC, MINNEAPOLIS FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) 2P
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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE. RE: HARRY WILLIAM CELK RE SEATTLE TELETYPE, DECEMBER FOUR, LAST. [REDACTED], COSART VOLKSWAGEN (VW), INC., HELENA, MONTANA, INTERVIEWED THIS P.M. [REDACTED] ADVISED HARRY WILLIAM CELK IS SALES MANAGER FOR COSART VW, INC., AND HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY COSART FOR PAST FIVE - SIX YEARS IN HELENA AND KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. [REDACTED] STATED CELK WORKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND HAS NOT HAD A DAY OFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. [REDACTED] STATED CELK WOULD HAVE BEEN AT WORK AT COSART VW, INC., NOVEMBER TWO TWO - TWO FOUR, LAST, BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE RECORDS TO VERIFY WORK ON THOSE DATES, OTHER THAN CANCELED END PAGE ONE
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164-41-3/3 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED DEC 8 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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HARRY WM. CELK
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[illegible handwritten initials and date]
BT 164-26 PAGE TWO
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CHECKS SIGNED BY CELK ON THE ABOVE DATES. [redacted] EXPLAINED CELK WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DATE CHECKS OTHER THAN THE DAY ISSUED AND, THEREFORE, WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN WORKING THOSE DATES.
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[redacted], COSART VW, INC., HELENA, INTERVIEWED THIS P.M., VERIFIED ABOVE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY [redacted].
[redacted] VERIFIED [redacted]
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[redacted], LAST. [redacted] ALSO STATED THAT CELK WAS CAPABLE OF FLYING A SMALL AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT A LICENSED PILOT.
RECORDS AT HELENA AIRPORT REFLECT NO INFORMATION OF ABOVE AIRCRAFT BEING FLOWN DURING PERIOD NOVEMBER TWO TWO - TWO FOUR, LAST.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS END
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TLA
FBI PORTLAND CLR
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DB Cooper-40638
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b6 b7C
Serials: 164-2111, BT 164-26, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-33, SE 164-81