TeletypeNew Orleans to Acting Director and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Alvin Curtis Hartley19 January 1973page 1 of 4
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Part 111, page 509

DB Cooper-50943Serials NO 164-136, SA 164-211, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4367

Document date 19 January 1973

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NR 007 NO PLAIN 702M URGENT 1-19-73 PHJ TO ACTING DIRECTOR (164-211) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM NEW ORLEANS (164-136) (P) 4PG

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NORJAK; OO - SEATTLE.

FOR INFORMATION BUREAU AND SEATTLE, INVESTIGATION NEW ORLEANS DIVISION JAN. SEVEN, LAST, CAPTIONED ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY; ITSP; POSSIBLE FBW; NEW ORLEANS FILE EIGHT SEVEN DASH ONE EIGHT NINE SEVEN NINE, AFTER HARTLEY APPROACHED WEALTHLY BERWICK, LA., BUSINESSMAN DOYLE BERRY CLAIMING HE HAD ACCESS TO LARGE QUANTITY OF GOLD AND PLATINUM IN OLD MEXICO, NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA AND REQUESTING BERRY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING GOLD AND PLATINUM AND TRANSPORTING SAME TO CANADA FOR SALE. HARTLEY LEFT BERWICK, LA., JAN. ELEVEN, LAST, TO RETURN TO RANGELY, COLO., WHERE HE HAS BEEN RESIDING PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

THIS DATE BERRY ADVISED HAD MET WITH HARTLEY JAN. SEVENTEEN, LAST, AT BERRY'S HUNTING LODGE AT MEEKER, COLO., WHERE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE REGARDING PURCHASE OF PLATINUM AND GOLD. BERRY CLAIMS TO HAVE GAINED CONFIDENCE OF HARTLEY AND DURING MEETING JAN. SEVENTEEN, LAST, HARTLEY REQUESTED BERRY, WHO HAS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH NUMEROUS POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, D. C., TO ASCERTAIN IF HE (HARTLEY) WAS SUSPECT IN "HIJACKING OF AIRPLANE END PAGE ONE

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[guess: Sue] 437 164-81- 4367 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... JAN 18 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-50943