TeletypePortland to Director and SACs re suspect Cronk7 December 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 91, page 234

DB Cooper-40621Serials PD 164-181

Document date 7 December 1971

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PAGE TWO PD 164-181 DOB: OCTOBER ONE TWENTYSIX MINNESOTA. CRONK DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FIVE ELEVEN, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, LIGHT HAIR DASH GREYING AND CUT SHORT; LOW HOARSE VOICE, MEDIUM COMPLEXION; ADDRESS POST OFFICE BOX SEVENTY FOUR, KYKOFF, [handwritten: Discharged from US Marine Corp in 1946] MINNESOTA; SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE DASH TWO FOUR DASH THREE FIVE SIX NINE. [REDACTED] ADVISED HE HAS SEEN COMPOSITE OF HI- JACKER, BUT IT WAS NOT VERY SIMILAR TO CRONK. WHEN CRONK LEFT HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER SEVEN SEVENTYONE HE MADE COMMENT HE WAS GOING TO VISIT HIS PARENTS IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

BUREAU REQUESTED TO AUTHORIZED BALTIMORE DIVISION TO CHECK APPROPRIATE SOURCES CONCERNING CRONK'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

BALTIMORE WILL UPON RECEIPT OF BUREAU AUTHORITY CONDUCTEX APPROPRIATE CHECK REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE DASH TWO FOUR DASH [XXXX] THREE FIVE SIX NINE.

MINNEAPOLIS WILL VERIFY ADDRESS AND EMPLOYMENT OF CRONK AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF CRONK POSSIBLE SUSPECT THIS MATTER.

[handwritten: Identifying] SEATTLE CONSIDER [strikethrough: ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY] PARENTS OF CRONK IN BELLINGHAM IN EFFORT TO LOCATE HIM.

PORTLAND WILL REINTERVIEW [REDACTED] AND OBTAIN COMPLETE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON CRONK.

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Approved: _______________ Sent ___________M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-40621