Part 100, page 377

Document date 2 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 377 (DB Cooper-45340), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-523 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/377

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LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN

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[REDACTED b6/b7C] AND THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS, WHO WERE MEMBERS OF CLUB. HE DESCRIBED CLUB MEMBERSHIP AS BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY MOST FROM EAST LOS ANGELES AREA. [REDACTED b6/b7C] SAID DISCUSSION AMONG GROUP APPEARED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN NORMAL INTEREST OF SKY DIVERS ABOUT CRIME WHERE HIJACKERS JUMP FROM AIRPLANE AND NONE OF CLUB MEMBERS HAD ACTED SUSPICIOUS SINCE HIJACKING. THIS CLUB DESCRIBED AS LOCAL IN NATURE AND NOT NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

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SEATTLE, AT FERNDALE, WASHINGTON, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION THROUGH LAST ADDRESS OF DONALD ERN NELSON, BOX ONE NINE THREE, FERNDALE OR [REDACTED b6/b7C] COMPANY TO LOCATE AND ESTABLISH WHEREABOUTS OF NELSON DURING PERTINENT PERIOD.

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LOS ANGELES AT [REDACTED b6/b7C], CALIFORNIA, WILL ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED b6/b7C] KNOWN TO [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED b6/b7C] OR IF NAME MAINTAINED IN RECORDS PARACHUTE CLUB LOS ANGELES AREA.

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AT EAST LOS ANGELES, WILL INTERVIEW [REDACTED b6/b7C], [REDACTED b6/b7C], FOR ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF CLUB AND DISPLAY ARTIST CONCEPTION TO [REDACTED b6/b7C].

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RECD. FOUR TELS DCA FBI SE HOLD

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DB COOPER-45340

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Case number header and page number for this teletype page. An individual (identity redacted) provided telephone numbers of club members, describing a local skydiving/parachute club with 10-20 members mostly from East Los Angeles. A second individual (redacted) stated that club discussions appeared to reflect normal skydiver interest in the hijacking, with no suspicious behavior noted among members. The club is described as local, not a national organization. Directive to the Seattle field office to investigate via the last known address of DONALD ERN NELSON at Box 193, Ferndale, Washington, or through a redacted company, to establish his whereabouts during the pertinent period (the hijacking). Directive to the Los Angeles field office at a redacted California location to ascertain whether a redacted individual is known to another redacted party, or if the name appears in parachute club records in the Los Angeles area. Directive to interview a redacted individual in East Los Angeles for all information concerning club membership and to display an artist's conception (likely of D.B. Cooper) to a redacted subject. End of teletype message. Notation indicating receipt of four teletypes from DCA (Washington D.C. field office), FBI, SE (Seattle), placed on hold. Document control stamp identifying this as DB Cooper case document number 45340.

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