Los Angeles to Director and offices re NORJAK suspect leads (Highland Park, Illinois)

Document date 20 January 1972

Part 93pages 79–824 pagesDB Cooper-41448–41450

Also filed at: Part 20 pp. 37–39

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 93 pp. 79–82 (DB Cooper-41448–41450), Teletype, dated 20 Jan 1972, serial PD 164-41-749 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A079-082

Page 1 of 4Part 93 p. 79

PD FBI HERE GA NR 005 LA PLAIN 159PM URGENT 1-20-72 NJZ TO CHICAGO SEATTLE (164-81) HOUSTON MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND WASHINGTON FIELD FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 3P

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SUSPECT?

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NORJAK

RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]; INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED [REDACTED] SA JOHN L. WALTERS, LOS ANGELES DIVISION AS FOLLOWS: EMPLOYEE OF HIS, NAMED [REDACTED] WAS IN CORBO SAN LUCAS, BAJA, MEXICO, DECEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST AND PERSON NAMED [REDACTED] WAS DRUNK IN BAR, CONNECTED WITH CAMINO REAL HOTEL IN CORBO SAN LUCAS. BAR CALLED RAEFAEL RESTAURANT AND BAR. [REDACTED] TOLD STORY TO [REDACTED] AND TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS HE WAS HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND PARACHUTED OUT END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ JAN 2 0 1972

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164-41-749

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PAGE TWO LA 164-497

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OF PLANE. [REDACTED] STATES MAN WENT INTO DEAIL ABOUT HIJACKING. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE WOULD BE AT LOCATION IN MEXICO FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. HOWEVER, [REDACTED] NOTICED NEXT DAY [REDACTED] WAS GONE. ESTIMATED COST OF BOAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. [REDACTED] HAS STATED [REDACTED] WERE ON ONE TO THREE YEAR VACATION AND DESTINATION NOT GIVEN. [REDACTED] CLAIMED TO BE FROM HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN [REDACTED]. CLAIMED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST AND PRIOR TO LIVING IN ILLINOIS, RESIDED IN PORTLAND, OREGON. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, AGE [REDACTED], FIVE FEET TEN TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES TALL, SLENDER BUILD, DARK BROWN HAIR. HOUSTON CONDUCT INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED], EMPLOYED SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS. DISPLAY ARTIST SKETCH OBTAIN ALL DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND SET OUT ALL LOGICAL ADDITIONAL LEADS TO ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] LOGICAL SUSPECT. MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NORTHWEST AIRLINES RECORDS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] AS FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN [REDACTED]. END PAGE TWO

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PAGE THREE LA 164-497

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CHICAGO AT HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, CHECK INDICES, CREDIT AND CRIMINAL AND OTHER LOGICAL SOURCES IN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED].

PORTLAND CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION AS CHICAGO.

WASHINGTON FIELD, THROUGH U.S. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED], POSSIBLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST.

REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION IN MEXICO NOT BEING SET FORTH BY LOS ANGELES PENDING INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] IN HOUSTON.

UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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PAGE THREE LA 164-497

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CHICAGO AT HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, CHECK INDICES, CREDIT AND CRIMINAL AND OTHER LOGICAL SOURCES IN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED]. PORTLAND CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION AS CHICAGO. PD WASHINGTON FIELD THROUGH U.S. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED], POSSIBLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST. REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION IN MEXICO NOT BEING SET FORTH BY LOS ANGELES PENDING INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN HOUSTON. UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DB Cooper-41450

Serials: LA 164-497, PD 164-41-749, SE 164-81