SAC Seattle to SAC Portland re VOR navigation device distributors lead
Document date 29 November 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-11:017-018
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-11:017-018 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Portland re VOR navigation device distributors lead Id: Cooper-Part-11:017-018 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A017-018 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 11 pp. 17–18 (DB Cooper-1910–1911), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-158 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A017-018
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 11/29/71
Transmit the following in ___PLAINTEXT___ (Type in plaintext or code) Facsimile TELETYPE URGENT Via _______________ (Priority)
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TO : SAC, PORTLAND FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.
INFORMATION DEVELOPED NOVEMBER TWENTYEIGHT LAST AT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, THROUGH CONTACT WITH EXPERIENCED AVIATION PERSONNEL REFLECTS POSSIBILITY THAT A VOR RECEIVING DEVICE, POSSIBLY COMPOSED OF TRANSISTERIZED COMPONENTS, AND SMALL ENOUGH TO BE PLACED IN A POCKET, COULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE SUBJECT TO MAKE GROUND CONTACT EVEN THOUGH VISUAL CONTACT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
SEATTLE DIVISION SECURING LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS OF VOR COMPONENTS AT A AVIATION COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, AND IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT ANOTHER MANUFACTURER OF SUCH COMPONENTS IS HILLSBORO AVIATION AT HILLSBORO, OREGON.
PORTLAND, AT HILLSBORO, OREGON, CONTACT HILLSBORO AVIATION SECURE LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS OF SMALL VOR UNITS AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PURCHASED SUCH ITEMS FROM THE DISTRIBUTORS. P.
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TJM/rmh (1) Approved: _____ Special Agent in Charge Sent ___1059A___ M Per __Sta__ ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-1910
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 11/29/71
Transmit the following in ___PLAINTEXT___ (Type in plaintext or code) FACSIMILE TELETYPE URGENT Via ___________________________ (Priority)
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TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.
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[REDACTED] SEATTLE, WHO IS [REDACTED] RECALLS A WHITE MALE, NAME UNKNOWN, WHO WAS PARACHUTIST IN THE PAST, AND CONSIDERS THIS PERSON LOGICAL SUSPECT.
SUSPECT FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH [REDACTED] OREGON, AND QUOTE [REDACTED] UNQUOTE, [REDACTED] WASHINGTON.
SUSPECT ALSO KNOWN TO [REDACTED] WHO MIGHT STILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH [REDACTED] PORTLAND, AND WHO USED TO LIVE [REDACTED] OREGON.
SUSPECT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO PURPORTEDLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SUSPECT FREQUENTLY [REDACTED] AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS. DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET, LEAN, TOUGH, AND NOW MIDDLE AGED.
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CNG/rmh (1) [handwritten initials]
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164-81-158
Approved: ___[signature]___ Sent ___11/29___ M Per ___[initials]___ Special Agent in Charge
☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971—413—135 DB Cooper-1911
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Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-158