AirtelSAC El Paso to SAC Albuquerque re parachutist suspect with special forces background17 December 1971page 1 of 3
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Part 17, page 134

DB Cooper-4960Serials 161-81-1471, EP 164-52

Document date 17 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 p. 134 (DB Cooper-4960), Airtel, dated 17 Dec 1971, serial 161-81-1471 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-17/pages/134

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12/17/71

[redacted] AIRTEL [illegible handwritten]

TO: SAC, ALBUQUERQUE FROM: SAC, EL PASO (164-52) w/ [guess: Transmittal] - Las Cruces, New [guess: Mexico] SUBJECT: NORJAK

OO: SE

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[redacted] El Paso, b6 Texas, residence telephone [redacted] business phone [redacted] b7C furnished the following information telephonically to SA VINCENT J. ASCHERI of the EP Office on 12/16/71.

[redacted] Las Cruces, New Mexico, located at [redacted] b6 [redacted] In this capacity during 1967 or 1968, he was associated b7C to a degree with an individual who he stated was capable of perpetrating the hijacking violation involved in this case. [redacted] did not recall the name of this individual, but his suspicions are based on the following circumstances:

About five or six weeks ago [redacted] b6 were eating at la Posta Restaurant in Mesilla, New Mexico, which b7C is directly south of Las Cruces. While in the restaurant he noticed the suspect referred to above sitting at a table with another individual described as a white male, hippie type. Both were looking at the map and when they observed [redacted] and apparently when suspect recognized [redacted] he immediately moved to a table far removed to the other side of the restaurant.

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2-Albuquerque [crossed out: 2-Seattle] 2-El Paso

VJA:mt (6) 161-81-1471 b6 [illegible initials] b7C

DB Cooper-4960