Part 18, page 257

Document date 7 January 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 p. 257 (DB Cooper-5590), Teletype, dated 7 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1771 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-18/pages/257

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PAGE TWO PX 164-100

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LEAD SET FORTH FOR PHOENIX IN REFERENCED COMMUNICATION WAS TO SECURE CURRENT PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT FROM SUSPECT'S PARENTS IN PHOENIX AREA.

ON JANUARY SEVEN, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED] SUSPECT, [REDACTED] PHOENIX, STATED SUSPECT IS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY GOVERNMENT IN HAWAII AS [REDACTED] SUSPECT HAS SUPPOSEDLY RESIDED IN HAWAII FOR PAST SEVEN YEARS, AND HAS NOT RETURNED TO CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES DURING PAST TWO YEARS.

[REDACTED] STATED SUSPECT USED TO BE PARATROOPER IN U. S. ARMY, AND HAD MADE SEVERAL JUMPS IN PHOENIX AREA AFTER HAVING LEFT MILITARY SERVICE.

[REDACTED] STATED SUSPECT IS PRESENTLY RESIDING AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAWAII, TELEPHONE NO. AREA CODE [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF REFERENCED SUSPECT THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED CURRENT OR SUITABLE FOR ELIMINA- TION PURPOSES IN THIS MATTER.

HONOLULU [REDACTED] HAWAII, WILL CONTACT REFERENCED SUSPECT AT [REDACTED] IN EFFORT TO SECURE CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS AND/OR VERIFY SUSPECT'S ALIBI FOR POSSIBLE ELIMINATION AS SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.

CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS. AM COPY TO ST. LOUIS. END

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DB Cooper-5590

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Page header and file number for page two of a multi-page teletype. An informant in Phoenix was contacted on January 7, 1972 regarding a suspect. The suspect is reportedly employed by the government in Hawaii, has resided there for approximately seven years, and has not returned to the continental U.S. in the past two years. The suspect was formerly a paratrooper in the U.S. Army and made several jumps in the Phoenix area after leaving military service. A Hawaii address and phone number were provided but are redacted. The Phoenix informant was unable to provide suitable photographs of the suspect for elimination purposes. The Honolulu FBI office will contact the suspect in Hawaii to secure current photographs and verify the suspect's alibi. The message warns that the UNSUB (unidentified subject) is considered dangerous and copies St. Louis. FBI Vault Bates stamp number for the D.B. Cooper file.

Multiple redacted blocks (black bars) obscure names, addresses, phone numbers, and job titles
FOIA exemption markers b6 and b7C visible in right margin

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