TeletypeLas Vegas to Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland re background investigation of Ben Leibson2 December 1971page 1 of 5
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Part 99, page 366

DB Cooper-44902Serials PD 164-41, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-450

Document date 2 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 99 p. 366 (DB Cooper-44902), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-450 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-99/pages/366

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NR 097 LV PLAIN 315 PM URGENT 12-2-71 EB TO SEATTLE 164-81 MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND 164-41 FROM LAS VEGAS 164-50

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[guess: Susp] Ben Leibson 50

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

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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] [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.

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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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DB COOPER-44902 [handwritten: 164-81-450] SEARCHED........INDEXED...... SERIALIZED.....FILED...... DEC [guess: 9] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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