Part 115, page 174
DB Cooper-52651Serials BT 164-26, SE 164-81
Document date 9 January 1973
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 p. 174 (DB Cooper-52651), Airtel, dated 9 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-115/pages/174
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1/9/73
AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO : SAC, LAS VEGAS Sub 575 FROM : SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P) SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
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Enclosed to Las Vegas is one photograph of HARVEY GRAY.
[REDACTED] "Billings Gazette" a local Billings, Montana, newspaper, advised on 1/8/73, that a former employee HARVEY GRAY that had worked on the city desk for the "Gazette" from 3/14/66 through 6/29/69, bore a striking resemblance to the individual whose photo- graph appears in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin for December, 1972, who used the name DAN COOPER.
[REDACTED] advised that GRAY's employment with the "Gazette" was terminated 6/29/69, in view of his financial difficulties wherein his salary was garnisheed and drinking problem. He stated that when GRAY left Montana he secured employment with the "Nevada Appeal" a newspaper at Carson City, Nevada, and believed that GRAY had been fired from the job at Carson City for excessive drinking.
[REDACTED] described GRAY as an ex-Marine of World War II; however, he did not believe that he had been a
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2 - Las Vegas (Enc. 1) (AM) (2) - Seattle (164-81) (Info) (AM) 2 - Butte WFR/spr (5)
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SEARCHED.......... INDEXED.......... SERIALIZED.......... FILED.......... JAN 1 1 1973
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DB COOPER-52651
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Sub 575 Sus: [illegible] Harvey [illegible] b6 b7C b7D