Jackson to Director, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect with paratrooper background

Document date 21 January 1972

Part 93pages 101–1055 pagesDB Cooper-41470–41474

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Document: Teletype Jackson to Director, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect with paratrooper background
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 93 pp. 101–105 (DB Cooper-41470–41474), Teletype, dated 21 Jan 1972, serial PD 164-41-757 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A101-105

NR003 JN PLAIN 9:00PM NITEL 1-21-72 SRW TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) MINNEAPOLIS FROM JACKSON (164-32) (P) 5P

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NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE.

(SUSPECT: [REDACTED])

ON PM OF JANUARY TWENTY, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], JACKSON, MISS., ADVISED HE BELIEVES [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] WHO WAS [REDACTED], MISS., MAY POSSIBLY BE IDENTICAL WITH CAPTIONED SUBJECT. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE HAS BEEN [REDACTED], RECENTLY AND HAS DETERMINED THA [REDACTED] IN FEBRUARY, SEVENTYONE.

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END PAGE ONE

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[partially illegible handwritten notations] 5/8 [illegible] Not[illegible] 1/21/72

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164-41-757 SEARCHED ___[illegible]___ SERIALIZED /__ 5:00 __ JAN 2 3 [illegible] [illegible] [initials]

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DB Cooper-41470

IJN 164-32 PAGE TWO

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[REDACTED] LAST CONTACT WAS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS AGO WHEN [REDACTED] CALLED [REDACTED] LONG-DISTANCE FROM SOMEWHERE OUT WEST WHEN HE [REDACTED].

[REDACTED] HAS ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS A FORMER U. S. MARINE OR PARATROOPER AND IN ADDITION, HAD TRAINING IN SKYDIVING. WHEN SHE RECENTLY SAW ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF SUBJECT IN NEWSPAPER, SHE INDICATED IT LOOKED LIKE [REDACTED], AS HAVE OTHER RELATIVES OF [REDACTED].

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JACKSON INDICES REFLECT SUSPECT INTERVIEWED MARCH SEVEN, SIXTYNINE, BY SPECIAL AGENTS IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION.

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GILES CRISLER, (NA), COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ADVISED JANUARY TWENTYONE, SEVENTYTWO, SUSPECT RESIGNED FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. AFTER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED HE [REDACTED] PERSONNEL RECORDS REFLECT TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT TAKEN APPROXIMATELY SIXTYSEVEN DASH SIXTYEIGHT. FACIAL SIMILARITIES NOTED BETWEEN SUSPECT AND

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END PAGE TWO CORRECTION · SECOND PARA SECOND LINE WORD SHOULD BE HAD TRAINING IN

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DB Cooper-41471

JN 164-32 PAGE THREE

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ARTIST'S CONCEPTION BUT NO "DEAD LIKENESS" APPARENT. EMPLOYMENT RECORDS REFLECT FOLLOWING BACKGROUND DATA FOR SUSPECT:

FIVE FT. TEN AND ONE-HALF INCHES TALL; ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY LBS.; DOB [REDACTED]; POB [REDACTED] PAST RESIDENCES, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ILL.; JULY, SIXTY, TO FEBRUARY, SIXTYFOUR, [REDACTED], MISS.; FEBRUARY, SIXTYFOUR, TO MAY, SIXTYSEVEN, [REDACTED], MISS.; MAY, SIXTYSEVEN, TO OCTOBER, SIXTYEIGHT, [REDACTED] SUSPECT ATTENDED [REDACTED] FIFTYEIGHT TO SIXTY, AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED], SIXTYONE TO SIXTYTHREE. SUSPECT HAS FIVE YEARS PRIOR EMPLOYMENT WITH [REDACTED] SUSPECT HAS SIX MONTHS TRAINING WITH ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, SERIAL NUMBER [REDACTED], WITH ACTIVE DUTY FROM JULY, SIXTYTHREE, TO DECEMBER, SIXTYTHREE; SEPARATION CENTER SHOW SEPARATIO SE SEPARATION CENTER SHOWN AS [REDACTED] END PAGE THREE CORRECTION SECOND PARAGRAPH FIFTH LINE WORD SHOULD BE FEBRUARY

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DB Cooper-41472

JN 164-32 PAGE FOUR

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SUSPECT DESCRIBED BY CRISLER AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AS VERY INTELLIGSNT BUT THEY DO NOT FEEL CAPABLE OF CAPTIONED CRIME.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD RECORDS REVIEWED, JACKSON, MISS., JANUARY TWENTYONE, JANUARY TWENTYONE, SEVENTYTWO, AND REVEALED NO EXPLOSIVE TRAINING, NOR IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF PARACHUTE OR AIRBORNE TRAINING OR ANY INTEREST IN SKYDIVING.

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[REDACTED] REFLECTS SUSPECT HAS DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED — large block, approximately 4-5 lines obscured]

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INASMUCH AS SUSPECT'S CURRENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, JACKSON IS REQ

INASMUCH AS SUSPECT'S CURRENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, JACKSON IS REQUESTING THAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT BE DISPLAYED TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES IN THIS MATTER IN AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE

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DB Cooper-41473

JN 164-32 PAGE FIVE

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HIM PRIOR TO EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE SUSPECT AND ACCOUNT FOR HIS WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD OF TIME.

GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE FORWARDED BY AIRTEL AS SOON AS AVAILABLE. END.

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DB Cooper-41474

Serials: 164-2111, JN 164-32, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-757, SE 164-81