Part 49, page 152
DB Cooper-20280Serials CG 164-297, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8942
Document date 2 November 1988
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 49 p. 152 (DB Cooper-20280), Airtel, dated 2 Nov 1988, serial SE 164-81-8942 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-49/pages/152
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8-29-85 TRANSMIT VIA: ☐ Teletype ☐ Facsimile ☒ Airtel
FBI
PRECEDENCE: ☐ Immediate ☐ Priority ☐ Routine
CLASSIFICATION: ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ SECRET ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 11/2/88
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, CHICAGO (164A-297) (RUC) (SQ. 8) NORJAK; CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE
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MERLIN GENR COOPER SW3 1002
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Reference Milwaukee airtel to the Director dated 8/4/88.
On 9/28/88, [REDACTED] Berwyn, Illinois, telephone number [REDACTED] was interviewed concerning [REDACTED] MERLIN COOPER.
[REDACTED] advised that sometime between 1956/58, [REDACTED] MERLIN, resided in the Chicago area in that he was a Air Traffic Controller at MIDWAY AIRPORT, Chicago, Illinois. [REDACTED] noted that [REDACTED] stayed in the Chicago area for approximately six months to one year at which time he moved back to Lacross, Wisconsin. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that shortly after [REDACTED] returned to Wisconsin he got divorced from his wife. However, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] further noted that sometime before the aforementioned divorce, [REDACTED] and moved after the divorce to either Oregon or Oklahoma.
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[REDACTED] advised that she did not hear from [REDACTED] again until several days prior to his death when she received a telephone call from him in which he noted that he was dying of cancer. During this conversation,
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(2) Seattle 1-Chicago DMO/ccj (3) ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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Approved: [signature] Transmitted _______ Per _______ (Number) (Time)
[handwritten] 164 - 81 - 8942 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...2..FILED...2... NOV 1 81988
DB Cooper-20280