MemoSAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer, enclosing investigative insert16 October 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 112, page 236

DB Cooper-51069Serials PX 164-100

Document date 16 October 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 p. 236 (DB Cooper-51069), Memo, dated 16 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3559 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-112/pages/236

People

Alvin Benton CelcerSuspect

Places

Beaverton, OregonFort Lauderdale, FloridaFt. Lauderdale, FloridaNebraskaOklahomaOmaha, NebraskaPayson, ArizonaSalt Lake City, UtahSeattle

Dates mentioned

1971-12-241972-011972-01-101972-10-111972-10-18

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

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PX 164-100 KRD:cjn 1

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Payson, Arizona, on October 11, 1972:

[REDACTED] advised that he had a business transaction with ALVIN BENTON CELCER in January, 1972. [REDACTED] advised that his fifty-four foot sail boat was located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the latter part of 1971 and was listed with one [REDACTED] [REDACTED], for sale, [REDACTED] address was shown as [REDACTED] Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It was through the [REDACTED] that CELCER obtained his name and address.

[REDACTED] advised that prior to December 24, 1971, CELCER telephonically contacted him on two different occasions and advised that he had a motor home that he would like to trade for [REDACTED] sail boat. On December 24, 1971, [REDACTED] agreed definitely to trade his sail boat for CELCER's motor home.

[REDACTED] advised that he took possession of the motor home described as a [REDACTED] Vehicle Iden- tification Number [REDACTED] and exchanged titles with CELCER on January 10, 1972. He advised he had never seen CELCER before that time.

According to [REDACTED] CELCER claimed that he accepted the motor home to satisfy [REDACTED] owed to him by [REDACTED] Omaha, Nebraska. Further details of the debt were not known. CELCER claimed that he took possession of the motor home from the assembly line in Beaverton, Oregon, with [REDACTED] accepting the financial obligations for it.

CELCER claimed that he drove the motor home from Salt Lake City, Utah, where it was stored at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] residence, name unknown.

The motor home was registered in the State of Nebraska in the name of [REDACTED] and had been previously registered in the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma registration [REDACTED] The motor home had 3,000 registered miles at this time.

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[REDACTED] [illegible] SERIALIZED [guess: FILED] [illegible] OCT 1 8 1972 FBI—SEATTLE DB COOPER-51069

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