Memphis to Seattle re Northwest Flight 305 hijacking

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 100pages 7–82 pagesDB Cooper-44918–44919

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-100:007-008

Document: Teletype Memphis to Seattle re Northwest Flight 305 hijacking
Id: Cooper-Part-100:007-008
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A007-008

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 pp. 7–8 (DB Cooper-44918–44919), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A007-008

NR 04 ME PLAIN 7:58 NITEL 11-29-71 SDC TO LOUISVILLE SEATTLE FROM MEMPHIS 164-78 2P

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UNSUB, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. (OO: SEATTLE).

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ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, INSTANT, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED NASHVILLE RA TO ADVISE HE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED], KENTUCKY, AND PRESENTLY IS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED], NASHVILLE. HE HAS SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE [REDACTED] [REDACTED], CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN INMATE, (FNU) CHICK, WHO PRO- FESSED TO BE A PILOT AND ALSO HAD PARACHUTING EXPERIENCE. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CHICK, CHICK DISPLAYED CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH. [REDACTED]

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sub. 51 164-81-30-3 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 29 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-44918

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PAGE TWO ME 164-78

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[REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D] DESCRIBED CHICK AS: WHITE MALE; IN HIS FORTIES; FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES TO FIVE FEET NINE INCHES; ONE HUNDRED FORTY TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS; GRAYING HAIR AT TIM[P]LES; BRIDGE OF NOSE FLATTENE D APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN.

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[REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D] THOUGHT CHICK HAD SUFFICIENT INTELLIGENCE AND BACKGROUND TO HAVE PERFORMED CAPTIONED HIJACKING AND COULD BE SUSPECT IF NOT PRESENTLY CONFINED. HE BELIEVES THAT CHICK MAY HAVE BEEN IN PAST INTR[VIEWED BY] [REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D] RA [REDACTED — b6/b7C/b7D].

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LOUISVILLE: AT EDDYVILLE: WILL DETERMINE IF (FNU) CHICK IS PRESENTLY CONFINED AT EDDYVILLE. IF NOT, DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS AND FURNISH PHOTOGRAPH TO SEATTLE. P. END. EFEE FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB COOPER-44919

Serials: ME 164-78