Las Vegas to Seattle and Portland re suspect James Waters
Document date 28 March 1972
Also filed at: Part 109 pp. 434–435
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-94:098-099 Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Seattle and Portland re suspect James Waters Id: Cooper-Part-94:098-099 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-94%3A098-099 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 94 pp. 98–99 (DB Cooper-42156), Teletype, dated 28 Mar 1972, serial PD 164-41-915 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-94%3A098-099
NR 002 LV PLAIN 1214 PM URGENT 3-28-72 EB TO SEATTLE 164-81 PORTLAND 164-41 FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60 2 P
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REPDNITEL, MARCH TWENTYSEVEN LAST.
[REDACTED], EMPLOYED AS [REDACTED] [REDACTED], RESIDENCE [REDACTED], LAS VEGAS, ADVISED [REDACTED] JAMES WATERS, WM, BORN SEPT. EIGHT TWENTYSIX, NEAR PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, FIVE FEET FOUR INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY LBS., SLENDER BUILD, BLACK HAIR, BLUE-GRAY EYES, WHO, WHEN HE WORKS, HAS BEEN ENGAGED AS A COMMERCIAL SIGN SALESMAN AND ALSO IS SELF-EMPLOYED AS THE ASSOCIATED DETECTIVE AGENCY, SAME ADDRESS, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN REPOSSESSING AUTOS ON OCCASION FOR LAS VEGAS USED CAR DEALERS.
WATERS DEPARTED LAS VEGAS APPROX. THREE MONTHS AGO AND IS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL SIGN SALESMAN AND EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENCE UNKNOWN TO HER.
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164-41-915 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ MAR 2 8 1972 FBI—PORTLAND
PAGE TWO LV 164-60
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HE PERIODICALLY CONTACTS HER BY TELEPHONE, BUT NEVER FURNISHES ANY MEANS WHEREBY HE CAN BE CONTACTED.
WATERS USED NAME JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM WHEN A PRO PPRISE FIGHTER IN THE FIFTIES, BUT HAS NEVER USED THE NAME [REDACTED] TO HER KNOWLEDGE. SHE RECALLED THAT [REDACTED] BROUGHT WM, LATE TWENTIES, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, MEDIUM BUILD, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, FROM CALIF. TO ASSIST IN SALE OF SIGNS IN EARLY JANUARY, BUT INDIVIDUAL NEVER WAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED TO HER KNOWLEDGE AND CANNOT RECALL NAME. BELIEVES [REDACTED] DETECTIVE AGENCY NOT LICENSED; HOWEVER, HE USED CARDS PRINTED UP UNDER ABOVE TRADE STYLE. WORKED FOR THREE MONTH PERIOD AS GUARD FOR CAREX DETECTIVE AGENCY IN LAS VEGAS, AND [REDACTED] HAS NO IDEA AS TO ANY PRESENT DETECTIVE WORK OR ASSIGNMENT.
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SHE STATED THAT [REDACTED] CALLED THREE NIGHTS AGO FROM RESTAURANT IN PORTLAND, AND UTILIZES PUBLIC TELEPHONES WITH COLLECT CALLS WHEN MAKING CONTACT. WILL INSTRUCT HIM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH NEAREST FBI OFFICE AS SOON AS ANY FUTURE CONTACT RECEIVED.
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LJQ
FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
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DB Cooper-42156
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b6 b7C
Serials: LV 164-60, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-915, SE 164-81