TeletypeSAC Los Angeles to multiple offices re suspect discussing hijacking, leads to Chicago, Portland and Washington Field20 January 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 56, page 51

DB Cooper-23438Serials LA 164-497

Document date 20 January 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 56 p. 51 (DB Cooper-23438), Teletype, dated 20 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-56/pages/51

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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

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OF PLANE. [REDACTED] STATES MAN WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HIJACKING. [REDACTED] [REDACTED]D [REDACTED] ADVISED HE WOULD BE AT LOCATION IN MEXICO FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. HOWEVER, [REDACTED] NOTICED NEXT DAY [REDACTED] WAS GONE. ESTIMATED COST OF BOAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. [REDACTED] HAD STATED [REDACTED] WERE ON ONE TO THREE YEAR VACATION AND DESTINATION NOT GIVEN. [REDACTED] CLAIMED TO BE FROM HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN [REDACTED] CLAIMED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON WEST COAST AND PRIOR TO LIVING IN ILLINOIS, RESIDED IN PORTLAND, OREGON. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, AGE [REDACTED] FIVE FEET TEN TO FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES TALL, SLENDER BUILD, DARK BROWN HAIR.

HOUSTON CONDUCT INTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] EMPLOYED SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPMENT, THREE FOUR THREE ONE WEST PLABANA STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS. DISPLAY ARTIST SKETCH OBTAIN ALL DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND SET OUT ALL LOGICAL ADDITIONAL LEADS TO ASCERTAIN IF [REDACTED] LOGICAL SUSPECT.

MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH NORTHWEST AIRLINES RECORDS, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] AS FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN [REDACTED]

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