Little Rock to Director and field offices re background of Joseph Henry Johnston

This copy: Part 97 pp. 329–333Also filed at Part 90 pp. 100–104 (primary)

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Little Rock to Director and offices re background of Joseph Henry Johnston

Document date 26 November 1971

Part 97pages 329–3335 pagesDB Cooper-43878–43882

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 pp. 329–333 (DB Cooper-43878–43882), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A329-333

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NR 003 LR PLAIN 6:25 PM 11/26/71 URGENT LEF TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS MEMPHIS PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) 5P UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. SEATTLE ORIGIN. RE MYTEL OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX, SEVENTYONE. ON INSTANT DATE, PAROLE RECORD FOR JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON REVIEWED WITH THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION OBTAINED: NAME: JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, SEX: MALE, RACE: CAUCASIAN, DOB: APRIL EIGHT, TWENTY- THREE, POB: SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, FBI NUMBER FIVE ONE FOUR DASH THREE NINE THREE A, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION: FIVE M/M, FIVE/SEVENTEEN, CAPITAL T/ CAPITAL T, SMALL T, SIXTEEN/SIXTEEN. SSAN: FOUR FOUR SEVEN DASH ZERO FIVE DASH FOUR TWO THREE NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED ____ FILED ____ NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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LR 164-22 PAGE TWO

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SEVEN ZERO. RELATIVES: MOTHER, MRS. IDA JOHNSTON, THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI, OR IN CARE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON. [REDACTED], ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON, [REDACTED] ADDRESS: [REDACTED], MT. VERNON, OHIO. HALF BROTHER: JAMES JOHNSTON, ADDRESS: UNKNOWN. [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: MOBILE, ALABAMA. [REDACTED], MOBILE, ALABAMA. [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ADDRESS: [REDACTED], COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI. [REDACTED] ADDRESS UNKNOWN, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], DATE OF FINAL RELEASE FROM PAROLE, AUGUST THREE ONE, SEVENTYONE. OCCUPATIONS LISTED: CARPENTER'S HELPER, SALESMAN, DRAFTSMAN, IRONWORKER AND BOILERMAKER. MILITARY SERVICE END PAGE TWO

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LR 164-22 PAGE THREE

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RECORD: U.S. ARMY, FEBRUARY ONE, FORTY-THREE TO DECEMBER THREE ZERO, FORTY-THREE, SERVICE NUMBER THREE FOUR SEVEN ZERO THREE ONE TWO THREE, RECEIVING HONORABLE DISCHARGE. WAS CONVICTED BY COURT'S MARSHAL ON FOUR OCCASIONS. EDUCATION: COMPLETED NINTH GRADE AT WILSON, ARKANSAS, OBTAINED GED WHILE IN MILITARY.

ARREST RECORD ATTACHED TO PAROLE REPORT INDICATED NUMEROUS ARRESTS DATING FROM APRIL TEN, FORTY-SEVEN THROUGH APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT INCLUDING FIVE ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE NINE SIX NINE ONE AND TWO ARRESTS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE FIVE FOUR SIX THREE. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY PD, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY TWO EIGHT, SIXTY-TWO. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY THREE ONE, SIXTY-TWO ON CHARGE, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, ARMED. ON MARCH TWENTY, SIXTY-THREE, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON WAS SENTENCED TO OHIO PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR A TERM OF FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY, UNDER NUMBER ONE ONE SIX EIGHT FIVE NINE. SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL

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LR 164-22 PAGE FOUR

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INSTITUTION ON MAY ONE THREE, SIXTY-THREE,WAS PAROLED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIX, SIXTY-FOUR, WAS PICKED UP AS A PAROLE VIOLATOR ON AUGUST TWO TWO, SIXTY-SIX, WAS PAROLED OCTOBER TWO SIX, SIXTY- SEVEN FROM LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, WAS RETURNED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ON MAY SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT.

RECORDS, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, POST OFFICE, CHECKED THIS DATE, REVEAL A FORWARDING ADDRESS FOR JOHNSTON DATED -SEPTEMBER ONE, SEVENTY- ONE, AS FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY- NINE STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON.

CINCINNATI DIVISION AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. WILL FROM ABOVE INFORMATION REVIEW PRISON RECORDS OF JOHNSTON, OBTAIN RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT, AND SUBMIT RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN.

PORTLAND DIVISION AT PORTLAND, OREGON. WILL CONTACT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND PD OFFICIALS, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO REVIEW JOHNSTON'S ARREST RECORD FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH, AND SUBMIT RESULTS TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. END PAGE FOUR

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LR 164-22 PAGE FIVE WILL ALSO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY-NINE STREET, PORTLAND, CONCERNING SUSPECT. LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. WILL CONTINUE LOGICAL INVESTIGATION. PENDING END JFK FBI SEATTLE CLR

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Serials: LR 164-22