Director FBI teletype to all offices re Universal Pictures film 'The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper' reward

Document date 10 November 1981

Part 8pages 139–1402 pagesDB Cooper-178

Also filed at: Part 9 pp. 214–215

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Document: Director FBI teletype to all offices re Universal Pictures film 'The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper' reward
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 8 pp. 139–140 (DB Cooper-178), Teletype, dated 10 Nov 1981, serial PX 164-571-6 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-08%3A139-140

VZCZCHQ0185

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DE HQ 0185 3150115

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O 102257Z NOV 81

FM DIRECTOR FBI (164-211)

TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES IMMEDIATE

PERSONAL ATTENTION

BT 164-571 I

UNCLAS

NORJACK; CAA-HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE (164-81)

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ON NOVEMBER 13, 1981, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, 100 UNIVERSAL CITY PLAZA, UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, WILL RELEASE TO THEATERS NATIONWIDE A MOTION PICTURE TITLED "THE PURSUIT OF D. B. COOPER." THE MOTION PICTURE IS BASED ON THE CAPTIONED CASE.

IN ITS ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS, UNIVERSAL PICTURES IS OFFERING A ONE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION RESULTING IN THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF "D. B. COOPER" FOR AIRCRAFT PIRACY. THE ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS STATE IN PART "IF YOU HAVE SUCH INFORMATION AS TO THE REAL D. B. COOPER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 1, 1981."

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1. 2. 3. 4. [handwritten routing initials and signatures, partially illegible] 164-571-6 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] NOV 10 1981 FBI-PHOENIX DB Cooper-178 b6 b7C

Page 2 of 2Part 8 p. 140

PAGE TWO DE HQ Ø185 UNCLAS

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UNIVERSAL PICTURES INITIATED THE REWARD OFFER ON ITS OWN VOLITION TO PROMOTE THE MOTION PICTURE AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT SHOULD "D. B. COOPER" BE IDENTIFIED.

EACH OFFICE IS INSTRUCTED TO FURNISH SEATTLE, THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN, ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR CITIZENS. NO INVESTIGATION IS TO BE CONDUCTED BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED. SEATTLE WILL DETERMINE VALIDITY OF THE INFORMATION AND ADVISE OFFICES OF NECESSARY INVESTIGATION.

ALL OFFICES ARE TO BEAR IN MIND WHEN CAPTIONED CRIME WAS COMMITTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1971, UNSUB AKA D. B. COOPER WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A WHITE MALE, MID-FORTIES, 5' 10" TO 6' 0", 170 POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, AND LATIN APPEARANCE.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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Serials: PX 164-571, PX 164-571-6, SA 164-211, SE 164-81

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