AirtelSAC Charlotte to SAC Sacramento re Gene Michael Bland lead2 April 19731 page
memoLegibility: high

Part 116, page 3

DB Cooper-52965Serials CE 164-101, SC 164-50, SE 164-81

Document date 2 April 1973

Open in FBI Vault (Part 116, page 3 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 116 p. 3 (DB Cooper-52965), Airtel, dated 2 Apr 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-116/pages/3

Transcript

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

SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) 4/2/73

SAC, CHARLOTTE (164-101) (RUC) Sub ██

NORJAK

---

Re Sacramento airtel to Charlotte, 3/2/73, requesting Charlotte to locate GENE MICHAEL BLAND at Clemmons, N. C., to ascertain if BLAND is acquainted with one [REDACTED] and O. DEE SCHNEIDER.

---

On 3/20/73, GENE MICHAEL BLAND, 4135 Briar Creek Road, Clemmons, N. C., residence telephone number 766-4170, advised SA MORRIS E. ELLER that he is not acquainted with anyone named [REDACTED]

---

BLAND stated that he was not acquainted with an O. DEE SCHNEIDER, but he was acquainted with a [REDACTED], further described as a white male, 5'9" to 5'10" tall, age in the mid-thirties, who was in the U. S. Air Force in 1965 and was [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] and BLAND knows that he later was stationed in the Philippines. At one time he [REDACTED] in Emporia, Kansas. [REDACTED] was at one time a [REDACTED] at Stead Air Force Base, at Reno, Nevada, which base is now closed. [REDACTED] was also a [REDACTED] which club is still in existence in Reno, Nevada. BLAND has previously been exhibited an artist's conception of the unknown subject in captioned case and recalls that this artist's conception might generally resemble [REDACTED] but he cannot be really specific on this identification, since he has not seen [REDACTED] for approximately seven years. He said that a friend of [REDACTED] was one [REDACTED] who resided in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

---

No leads are being set forth in this communication as Charlotte is not aware of the pertinency of the above information.

---

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

2 - Sacramento (1) - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 1 - Charlotte MEE:stp (4)

---

[6/4 - 8] - [guess: YS88] SEARCH [guess: ......dt..TS......] SERIALIZED [guess: CHECKED] [guess: act...] APR 4 1973

---

DB COOPER-52965