TeletypeChicago to Director re informant naming James Clifford as suspect14 December 1971page 2 of 3
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Part 92, page 4

DB Cooper-40869

Document date 14 December 1971

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PENNSYLVANIA STATE PRISON, PITTSBURGH, ABOUT NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT. [REDACTED] CLAIMS IF CLIFFORD'S PAROLE OR PRISON MUG SHOT SHOWN TO NORHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESS IDENTIFICATION COULD BE MADE. CLIFFORD ALLEGEDLY HAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED], CLIFFORD IS CLAIMED BY [REDACTED] PRESENTLY UNDERGOING PLASTIC SURGERY.

[REDACTED] RELATED CLIFFORD REPORTEDLY RECEIVED MILITARY TRAINING IN EXPLOSIVES AND JUMP TRAINING. ALSO, CLIFFORD [REDACTED] PLAN TO HIJACK A PLANE FOR RANSOM AND INDICATED ELECTRICAL BEEPER WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR LOCATING HIM BY FELLOW COMRADE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING AMBULANCE ONCE SKYJUMP WAS COMPLEED. CLIFFORD ALSO DESCRIBED PLAN IN INDUCING GROUP PROMINENT BANKERS TO MOTEL ON PRETEXT OF FINANCING CONSTRUCTION OF SHOPPING CENTER THEN THREATENING TO BOMB MOTEL IF NOT PAID LARGE SUM OF MONEY. FURTHER, TO PROVE SINCERITY OF THREAT AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN WHATEVER CITY PLAN TO BE EXECUTED WOULD THEN BE BLOWN UP.

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