FBI press release re ransom money serial numbers, Northwest Airlines hijacking
Document date 3 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-01:004-004 Document: FBI press release re ransom money serial numbers, Northwest Airlines hijacking Id: Cooper-Part-01:004-004 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-01%3A004-004 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 1 p. 4, Memo, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-01%3A004-004
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 3, 1971
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Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced today that a "ransom list" of the known serial-numbered bills that were given to the hijacker of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, has been prepared and is being distributed by the FBI throughout the country.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover advised that the "ransom list," 34 pages in length, contains the serial numbers of [illegible: ?90] Federal Reserve Notes which were paid to the hijacker for the release of 36 passengers and two crew members. The hijacker boarded the flight at Portland, Oregon, and hijacked the plane just prior to arrival in Seattle, Washington. He is believed to have parachuted from the Boeing 727 aircraft while it was in flight from Seattle to Reno, Nevada.
Mr. Hoover advised that copies of the "ransom list" are being furnished to FBI Offices and police departments throughout the United States, as well as certain financial and business establishments. He requested anyone having any information concerning this matter to immediately contact the nearest office of the FBI, the telephone number of which may be found on the first page of most telephone directories.
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