AirtelSAC Dallas to SAC New Orleans re confidential source report on Houston hoodlum28 July 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 27, page 51

DB Cooper-9025Serials DL 164-191

Document date 28 July 1972

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DL 164-191

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For reasons of personal safety source requested the following information be handled with utmost discretion and requested if at all possible no direct contact be made with the suspect.

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Source stated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (phonetic). [REDACTED] told source [REDACTED] [REDACTED] told source when the sketch of the aircraft hijacker using the name COOPER was published in the newspapers [REDACTED] swore it looked just like [REDACTED] who [REDACTED]

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Source stated [REDACTED] indicated [REDACTED] [REDACTED] however, he knew no further details, such as the date, nature and location of the arrest. Source did not know the description of [REDACTED] and did not know [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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LEADS

NEW ORLEANS

AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 1. In order to insure the personal safety of the source, New Orelans is requested to verify through informants and appropriate records, [REDACTED]

2. Will check arrest records and is photo available on [REDACTED] will forward to Seattle for display to appropriate witnesses.

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DB Cooper-9025

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