TeletypeNitel San Francisco to Seattle re NORJAK suspect John Whatley aka John Watley, with leads8 May 1972page 1 of 3
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Part 111, page 242

DB Cooper-5062Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3373, SF 164-220

Document date 8 May 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 242 (DB Cooper-5062), Teletype, dated 8 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3373 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/242

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NR 009 SF PLAINTEXT 841PM NITEL 5/8/72 EJG

TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) 3P

SUBJECT: NORJAK, RE SUSPECT JOHN WHATLEY, AKA JOHN WATLEY

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[REDACTED], PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED SA [REDACTED] OF THE PALO ALTO RESIDENT AGENCY THIS DATE OF THE FOLLOWING: [REDACTED] STATED THAT IN NINETEEN SIXTY FOUR HE [REDACTED] [REDACTED], ARKANSAS, WHERE [REDACTED] RAZOR BACK SKY DIVING CLUB END QUOTE. WHILE A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB HE MET ONE JOHN WHATLEY, OR WATLEY, WHO WAS STATIONED IN THE ARMY AT CAMP CHAFFEE (PHONETIC) FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT WHATLEY, WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA, WAS AN EXPERT PARACHUTIST, AND THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO SKY DIVING CLUB AT CHAFFEE, HE WOULD JUMP WITH THE RAZOR BACK CLUB ON THE WEEKENDS. [REDACTED] ATTRIBUTED WHATLEY AS BEING INTELLIGENT, A GOOD

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SEARCHED [REDACTED] INDEXED [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] MAY 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE

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Sub. 4/5 164-81-3373

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DB COOPER-5062[4]