TeletypePortland to Seattle re McNeil Island inmate interview and Sparks/Las Vegas UNSUB lead15 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 92, page 98

DB Cooper-40966Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-495, SE 164-81

Document date 15 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 92 p. 98 (DB Cooper-40966), Teletype, dated 15 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-495 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-92/pages/98

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 12/15/71

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Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 2 PAGES

NORJAK

WITNESS: [REDACTED]

ON DECEMBER FIFTEEN, SEVENTY ONE, [REDACTED], DATE OF BIRTH [REDACTED], INMATE, MC NEIL ISLAND FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, INTERVIEWED AT U.S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, PORTLAND. HE WAS APPROACHED BY UNKNOWN HOMOSEXUAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN DECEMBER, NINETEEN SEVENTY, WHO, WITH A SECOND HOMOSEXUAL, INTRODUCED HIM TO UNKNOWN MALE WHO ASKED [REDACTED] IF HE KNEW HOW TO PARACHUTE AND IF HE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN HIJACKING AN AIRPLANE. [REDACTED] DECLINED.

TWO HOMOSEXUALS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALES, APPROXIMATELY SIXTY TO SIXTY FIVE YEARS. UNSUB WHO MADE OFFER DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, [REDACTED], FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, SANDY DASH BROWN HAIR, EYES LIGHT COLORED, COMPLEXION LIGHT, BELIEVED CONNECTED WITH GAMBLING OPERATIONS IN NEVADA. [REDACTED] SAW UNSUB IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IN [REDACTED]; BELIEVES HIS

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Tel rec'd 12/15-71 @ 10:35 AM. [illegible]

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent 10 4/6 M Per [illegible]

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DB Cooper-40966