Part 49, page 114
DB Cooper-20212Serials 164-2111, 164-36, BT 164-26, LA 164-497, OC 164-56, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8929, SL 164-63
Document date 28 July 1988
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 114 (DB Cooper-20212), Airtel, dated 28 Jul 1988, serial SE 164-81-8929 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/114
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FD-36 (Rev. 8/29/85) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 7/28/88
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) (P)
NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE
RE: MERLIN GENE COOPER, Subject Number 1002.
Re Portland teletype to FBIHQ, 4/26/88.
Referenced teletype advised MERLIN GENE COOPER has been developed as a suspect by the Portland Division. Suspect resided in Pendleton, Oregon, in 1970 through 1972. He left for two weeks during the time of the hijacking on 11/24/71. He returned injured; walking with a limp.
MERLIN GENE COOPER's description fits the general physical description of the unknown subject. In 1972, he gave a painting to a Pendleton resident signing the name "D.B. Cooper". At least two individuals who knew him personally through family associations thought he was D.B. COOPER at the time the composite sketch came out in the newspapers in 1971, but were reluctant to contact law enforcement authorities. The suspect has been assigned air traffic control duties in past military assignments. An autopsy at the time of death two years after the hijacking showed suspect had a contusion below the knee from a prior injury.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
2- Bureau 2- Butte (164A-26) 1- Los Angeles (164A-497) (INFO) 1- Milwaukee (164A-36) (INFO) 1- Oklahoma City (164A-56) 2- Portland (164A-41) 1- St. Louis (164A-63) (INFO) (3) Seattle RNN/leg (12) Approved: Transmitted ______________ Per __________ (Number) (Time)
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164-81-8929
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DB Cooper-20212