TeletypeUrgent teletype Los Angeles to multiple offices re suspect Mason, trimaran 'Red Wing' and Highland Park leads20 January 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 105, page 198

DB Cooper-47748Serials LA 164-497

Document date 20 January 1972

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PAGE TWO ) LA 164-497

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OF PLANE. [REDACTED] STATES MAN WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HIJACKING. , MASON ADVISED HE WOULD BE AT LOCATION IN MEXICO FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. HOWEVER, [REDACTED] NOTICED NEXT DAY MASON'S BOAT, A FORTY FOOT TRIMARAN NAMED "RED WING" WAS GONE. ESTIMATED COST OF BOAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. MASON HAS STATED HE [REDACTED] WERE ON ONE TO THREE YEAR VACATION AND DESTINATION NOT GIVEN. MASON CLAIMED TO BE FROM HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN SEOUL, KOREA. CLAIMED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST AND PRIOR TO LIVING IN ILLINOIS, RESIDED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.

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MASON DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, AGE FORTY-FORTYTWO, FIVE FEET TEN TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES TALL, SLENDER BUILD, DARK BROWN HAIR.

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HOUSTON CONDUCT INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] EMPLOYED SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS. DISPLAY ARTIST SKETCH OBTAIN ALL DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND SET OUT ALL LOGICAL ADDITIONAL LEADS TO ASCERTAIN IF MASON LOGICAL SUSPECT.

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MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NORTHWEST AIRLINES RECORDS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY MASON AS FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN SEOUL, KOREA. END PAGE TWO

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