TeletypeLas Vegas to Butte and Seattle re Ben Franklin Stephens location7 June 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 111, page 379

DB Cooper-50792

Document date 7 June 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 379 (DB Cooper-50792), Teletype, dated 7 Jun 1972, serial SE 164-81-3506 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/379

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DOES NOT KNOW EMPLOYMENT FOR BEN SINCE THAT TIME, BUT HEARD THAT HE HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS IN MISSOULA, MONTANA. STATES SUSPECT'S [REDACTED] FATHER b6 b7C CONCERNED THAT SUSPECT MAY BE IN TROUBLE AND IN VIEW OF ADVANCED YEARS, WAS GIVEN NO INDICATION OF REASON FOR BUREAU INTEREST.

SERIES OF PHOTOS OBTAINED, BEING COPIES AND WILL BE FORWARDED AMSD AS SOON AS AVAILABLE.

FATHER ADVISED THAT BOTH SONS WERE EXPERIENCED PARATROOPERS AND THAT SUSPECT WAS MAJOR WITH ONE HUNDRED FIRST AIRBORNE DURING WORLD WAR TWO. SUSPECT GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, BOONSVILLE, MISSOURI, ENTERING ARMY AS COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

BUTTE ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP MORE CURRENT INFORMATION THROUGH [REDACTED] AND ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN b6 b7C LOCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF SUSPECT AT KAISPELL.

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DB COOPER-50792