AirtelSAC New Orleans to Director (Latent Fingerprint Section) re Hoffke fingerprint comparison13 August 19761 page
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Part 119, page 227

DB Cooper-54765Serials 161-71-3054, 164-2111, NO 164-136, SE 164-81

Document date 13 August 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 227 (DB Cooper-54765), Airtel, dated 13 Aug 1976, serial 161-71-3054 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/227

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8/13/76

AIRTEL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ATTN: LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION

FROM: SAC, NEW ORLEANS (164-136)(P)

NORJAK AIRCRAFT HIJACKING

OO: Seattle

Re New Orleans airtel to Seattle, 8/13/76.

On 8/10/76, [redacted] advised he was in prison at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, with an in- dividual known only as "SLICK," whom he is quite sure com- mitted captioned hijacking. He furnished substantial des- criptive and background information concerning "SLICK", and on the basis of this information, VERNUCE ALBERT HOFFKE sug- gested as possibly being identical with individual described by [redacted].

REQUEST OF THE BUREAU

The Latent Fingerprint Section is requested to com- pare latents on file in captioned matter with fingerprints of VERNUCE ALBERT HOFFKE, FBI No. 101 30F.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

2 - Bureau 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2 - New Orleans ERP:sdh (6)

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161-71-3054 [handwritten]

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DB COOPER-54765