TeletypePhiladelphia to Director, Las Vegas, Seattle re informant identifying David Lester McCartney14 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 103, page 218

DB Cooper-4667Serials 164-2111, PH 164-133, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1776

Document date 14 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 103 p. 218 (DB Cooper-4667), Teletype, dated 14 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1776 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-103/pages/218

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NR016 PH PLAIN 10:45 PM 12-14-71 URGENT 'R J C TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) LAS VEGAS SEATTLE (164-81) FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133) ( P )

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RE BU TEL CALL TO PH AND LAS VEGAS, TODAY. ON TWELVE FOURTEEN INSTANT, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PA., ADVISED SHE AND RELATIVES SEPARATELY CONCLUDED THAT UNSUB, AS DEPICTED IN NEWS ACCOUNTS, IS VERY SIMILAR TO [REDACTED] DAVID LESTER MCCARTNEY. MC- CARTNEY BORN FIVE THREE TWENTYEIGHT, MOUNT EAGLE, PA. IS A WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED NINETY POUNDS, DARK BROWN WAVY HAIR, CLOSE CUT, BROWN EYES AND LARGE NOSE. MCCARTNEY IS RETIRED US ARMY PARATROOPER, EXPERIENCED IN FREE FALL JUMP AND HAS EARNED MASTER PARACHUTE WINGS. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS PERSONABLE, VERY INTELLIGENT AND WELL SPOKEN. SHE ALSO NOTED THAT HE CAN BE RUTHLESS, BECOMES VIOLENT WHEN ANGERED, IS METHODICAL AND HAS EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN SPECTACULAR CRIMES STATING HOW HE WOULD HAVE COMMITTED THEM. MCCARTNEY IS END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED _____ FILED DEC 1 4 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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pub 207

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LV

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164-81-1776 DB COOPER-4667/1

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