Urgent teletype Portland to Seattle and Minneapolis re suspect Ron White

Document date 3 December 1971

Part 100pages 212–2132 pagesDB Cooper-45161

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Document: Urgent teletype Portland to Seattle and Minneapolis re suspect Ron White
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 pp. 212–213 (DB Cooper-45161), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-545 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-100%3A212-213

NR Ø14 PD PLAIN 8:47 PM URGENT 12/3/71 TLA TO: SEATTLE (164-31) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)

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UNSUB; N.W. AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION; OO: SEATTLE

RE SEATTLE TELETYPE DECEMBER ONE SEVENTYONE. SUSPECT: RONALD LEE WHITE.

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SALEM, OREGON, SAID [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D]

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HER KNOWLEDGE. [REDACTED] HAS NOT SEEN HIM SINCE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND DOESN'T KNOW HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS.

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SEARCHED ___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED___ DEC 8 1971

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DB COOPER-45161

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Page 2 of 2Part 100 p. 213

PD 164-41

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WHITE HAS DONE SPRAYING FROM HELICOPTER FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TO CALIFORNIA. HE IS DESCRIBED AS DOB EIGHT DECEMBER NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR AT UKIAH, OREGON, (LOOKS OLDER), SIX FOOT ONE, ONE NINE ZERO POUNDS, HAZEL EYES, HAIR COAL BLACK, THINNING ON TOP, COMBED OVER THIN AREA, COMPLEXION MEDIUM AND TAN, WEARS CONSERVATIVE DARK SUITS OR SPORTS CLOTHES. [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] THINKS ARTISTS SKETCH IS SIMILAR BUT BELIEVES HE IS NOT RESOURCEFUL ENOUGH TO CARRY OUT THIS HIJACKING.

REFORESTATION SERVICE, INC. SALEM, OREGON, RECORDS DISCLOSE WHITE EMPLOYED FROM JULY NINETEEN SEVENTY TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEEN NINETEEN SEVENTY WHEN HE LEFT JOB AT HAPPY CAMP NEAR YREKA, CALIFORNIA. WHITES MOTHER, VIRGINIA SMITH, RESIDES FOUR ZERO ONE THREE NORTH POST ST., SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

PHOTO OF WHITE SHOWN TO WITNESS [REDACTED b6/b7C] N.W. AIRLINES AND HE BELIEVES WHITE NOT IDENTICAL TO UNSUB.

ONE PHOTO OF WHITE BEING FORWARDED MINNEAPOLIS TO DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.

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FBI SE FOR TWO TELS CLR

Serials: 164-31, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81-545