TeletypeButte to Seattle re suspect Ben Franklin Stephens, Sr., GFPD records5 June 1972page 1 of 2
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Part 94, page 287

DB Cooper-42350Serials BT 164-26, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1051, SE 164-81

Document date 5 June 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 94 p. 287 (DB Cooper-42350), Teletype, dated 5 Jun 1972, serial PD 164-41-1051 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-94/pages/287

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NR 010 BT PLAIN 1250 PM NITEL 6-5-72 DDR TO: SEATTLE 164-81 LAS VEGAS 164-60 PORTLAND 164-41 FROM: BUTTE 164-26

NORJAK.

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RE: SUSPECT BEN FRANKLIN STEPHENS, SR.

RE SEATTLE TEL JUNE FIVE CARRYING SUSPECT (FNU) [REDACTED], BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. CERTIFICATE LISTS [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

GFPD RECORDS REVEAL THREE ARRESTS FOR STEPHENS, DOB MAY THIRTEEN TWENTY, GF, FOR GAMBLING, ASSAULT, AND ADMITTING PERSON TO BAR AFTER CLOSING HOURS.

[REDACTED] STATED STEPHENS IN GF AND MISSOULA AREA UNTIL SPRING OF SEVENTY ONE, THEN AT FLATHEAD LAKE AREA WITH P.O. BOX BIGFORK, MONTANA, WHERE HE MANAGED AN ORCHARD. [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED BY SUSPECT APRIL, SEVENTY AND LAST SAW HIM SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO. END PAGE ONE

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164-41-1051 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [FILED] JUN 5 1972 FBI—PORTLAND

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DB Cooper-42350