TeletypeLas Vegas to Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland re suspect Ben Leibson investigation2 December 1971page 1 of 5
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Part 90, page 346

Serials LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81

Document date 2 December 1971

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NR 007 LV PLAIN 304 PM URGENT 12-2-71 EB TO SEATTLE 164-81 MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND 164-41 FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60

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Ben Leibsen SUSPECT

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, HIJACKING, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

BEN LEIBSON, WHITE MALE, DOB JULY FOUR, TWENTYNINE, NEW YORK, NY, FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE FIFTYFIVE - ONE SIXTY POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, SSAN FIVE TWO SIX - THREE ZERO - EIGHT FIVE THREE FIVE. RESIDES AT NINE SIX ONE ARMORY LANE, CARSON CITY, NEVADA WITH [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED]. CARSON CITY SO FINGERPRINTED LEIBSON DECEMBER, SIXTYEIGHT FOR A WORKCARD PERMIT AS A DEALER IN LOCAL CASINO. FINGERPRINTS RETURNED FROM FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION MARKED NO RECORD. LEIBSON HAS CII NUMBER ONE-THREE SIX THREE-FIVE NINE THREE.

DMV, CARSON CITY RECORDS REFLECT LEIBSON REGISTERED AND LEGAL OWNER SIXTYEIGHT VOLKSWAGEN, TWO DOOR STATIONWAGON, VIN THREE SIX EIGHT ZERO SIX FOUR ONE FIVE, NEVADA LICENSE END PAGE ONE

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SEE SER III [illegible]

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