AirtelSAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re Alvin Benton Celcer with Houston insert on stolen boat29 September 1972page 1 of 3
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Part 112, page 239

DB Cooper-51072Serials DL 164-191, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3965

Document date 29 September 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 p. 239 (DB Cooper-51072), Airtel, dated 29 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3965 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-112/pages/239

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Sub 446

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9/29/72

AIRTEL

TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, DALLAS (164-191) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE

Re: ALVIN BENTON CELCER

Re Dallas letter to Seattle 7/28/72, concerning captioned matter.

Enclosed are two copies of an insert from the Houston Office, which reveals CELCER is not willing to be interviewed by FBI Agents, except through his attorney in Long Beach. No further action is being taken concerning this suspect.

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On 9/28/72, [REDACTED] Ling-Tempco-Vought Aerospace, P. O. Box 5907, Dallas, Texas, furnished the following:

He said right after the NORJACK case, Aviation Week Magazine had printed a great deal of minute detail concerning the hijack and particularly technical data with respect to the Boeing 727, which was the plane hijacked. It was obvious to him, he said, that the hijacker had to know a great deal about this airplane, because he knew at what degree to have the flaps leveled, the air speed, the time to put the gears down, and etc.

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According to [REDACTED] only an individual who was highly technically qualified in this aircraft would know this information. Therefore he suggested as a lead that Sub 446

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(2) - Seattle (Enc. 2) 1 - Dallas HJM/jma (3)

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16 4 - 81 - 3965 SEARCHED............. INDEXED............. SERIALIZED...EX... FILED...EX...... OCT 4 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-51072

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