Teletype · Portland to Director re NORJAK suspect Merlin Gene Cooper · 26 April 1988 · page 4 of 4AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 26 April 1988AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 62 p. 263 (DB Cooper-25979), Teletype, dated 26 Apr 1988, serial LA 164-497-1057 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-62/pages/263
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PAGE FOUR DE PD 0008 UNCLAS
OFFENSE - NON-SUPPORT". 2. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON
MERLIN COOPER'S FAMILY THROUGH INQUIRY WITH HIS BIRTH RECORD AT
DEPARTMENT OF VITAL STATISTICS IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY COOPER'S
PARENTS AND/OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, NOTING COOPER WAS ALLEGEDLY
VERY CLOSE TO MOTHER AND MAY HAVE CONFIDED INFORMATION IN HER
RELATIVE TO HIJACKING IF SHE CAN BE LOCATED. 3. CONDUCT ANY OTHER
PERTINENT INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE ANY OF COOPER'S
RELATIVES, NOTING HE WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN AND POSSIBLY RAISED
THERE.
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WILL FURNISH PORTLAND
AVAILABLE KNOWN ADDRESSES FOR WITNESSES IN THIS MATTER AS PREVIOUSLY
REQUESTED.
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REQUEST OF THE BUREAU:
THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION IS REQUESTED TO COMPARE KNOWN
FINGERPRINTS OF SUSPECT MERLIN GENE COOPER, DOB JULY 8, 1934, WITH
ALL LATENTS TAKEN FROM BOEING 727 AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENT TO HIJACKING
IN 1971. THE BUREAU IS ALSO REQUESTED TO FURNISH ANY INFORMATION
FROM MILITARY RECORDS AVAILABLE ON MERLIN COOPER, NOTING M.N. USER
UMBRELLA NUMBER IN NCIC PRINT-OUT WAS OA-OSP-32061.
BT
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