Urgent teletype Washington Field to Director re interview of Virginia witness on suspect
This copy: Part 94 pp. 26–28Also filed at Part 22 pp. 287–289 (primary) · Part 108 pp. 95–96
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WFO to Director and field offices re female source's account of suspect's hijacking remarks
Document date 29 February 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 94 pp. 26–28 (DB Cooper-41920–41921), Teletype, dated 29 Feb 1972, serial PD 164-41-867 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-94%3A026-028
NR014 WF PLAIN 8:34PM URGENT 2-29-72 ASW TO DIRECTOR MINNEAPOLIS NEW YORK PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) THREE PAGES
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RE WFO TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND OTHER OFFICES, DATED FEBRUARY TWENTYNINE, INSTANT. RE SUSPECT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] VIRGINIA, WAS THOROUGHLY INTERVIEWED THIS DATE AND FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING HER KNOWLEDGE OF CAPTIONED SUSPECT:
[REDACTED], AND DURING THAT PERIOD FREQUENTED [REDACTED]. ON ONE OCCASION, [REDACTED] AND ANOTHER [REDACTED], NAME NOT RECALLED, WERE IN [REDACTED] AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION THE SUBJECT OF AIR CRAFT HIJACKING WAS BROUGHT UP. DURING THE CONVERSATION, [REDACTED] STATED TO THE EFFECT QUOTE IT WOULDN'T END PAGE ONE
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164-41-867 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FILED [illegible] DB Cooper-41920
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BE TOO HARD TO DO IF A PERSON HAD A PARACHUTE AND KNEW THE AREA WHERE HE WANTED TO GO. UNQUOTE. THEREUPON, [REDACTED] ASKED [REDACTED] IF [REDACTED] AND HE REPLIED, QUOTE I DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. UNQUOTE. [REDACTED] NEVER SAID THAT [REDACTED] BUT INDICATED THAT HE HAD A KNOWLEDGE OF AIR CRAFT.
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DURING THE SAME CONVERSATION, [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT HE WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE PEOPLE AND CLIMATE OF VIRGINIA AND DESIRED TO GO BACK TO OREGON WHERE HE COULD HUNT AND FISH. [REDACTED] THEN MADE A COMMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT, QUOTE SOME DAY I'LL BE RICH AND SPEND MY TIME HUNTING AND FISHING. UNQUOTE.
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[REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED THAT THIS CONVERSATION REMAINED IN THE BACK OF HER MIND FOR SOME TIME AND SHE SUBSEQUENTLY CONNECTED IT WITH CAPTIONED MATTER AFTER READING A NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF SAME WHICH CONTAINED A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF UNKNOWN SUBJECT.
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SHE STATED THAT SHE SUBSEQUENTLY DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-41921
PAGE THREE WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS WHO ENCOURAGED HER TO REPORT IT TO THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS OR THE FBI. SHE STATED THAT ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY TWELVE LAST SHE RELATED THE INCIDENT TO A STAFF MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS.
[REDACTED] ALSO ADVISED THAT THE ONLY SUIT SHE RECALLS [REDACTED] WEARING WAS DARK BROWN IN COLOR. SHE NOTED THAT HE ALSO OWNED A DARK BROWN WIDE STYLE TIE AND USUALLY WORE DARK BROWN DRESS SHOES, POSSIBLY WING TIPS.
[REDACTED] OBSERVED A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF UNKNOWN SUBJECT AND STATED THAT THE FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS GENERALLY MATCHED THOSE OF [REDACTED]; HOWEVER, SHE NOTED [REDACTED] HAS A QUOTE FULLER HEAD OF HAIR UNQUOTE AND A MORE PRONOUNCED SQUARE SHAPED CHIN THEN DEPICTED IN THE COMPOSITE. SHE ALSO NOTED [REDACTED] HAS A FULLER FACE THEN DEPICTED IN THE COMPOSITE.
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] BEING FURNISHED MENNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND AND SEATTLE THIS DATE VIA AIRLINE PILOT.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. P. END
AJW FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
Serials: PD 164-41-867, WF 164-169