Las Vegas to Director re cut-and-paste letter to Reno Evening Gazette claiming to be the hijacker

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 11pages 151–1522 pagesDB Cooper-2054–2055

Also filed at: Part 99 pp. 203–204

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Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Director re cut-and-paste letter to Reno Evening Gazette claiming to be the hijacker
Id: Cooper-Part-11:151-152
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 151–152 (DB Cooper-2054–2055), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-220 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A151-152

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NR003 LV PLAIN 245 PM URGENT 11-29-71 JEG TO DIRECTOR - PORTLAND SEATTLE - SACRAMENTO FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

[REDACTED] RENO EVENING GAZETTE, RENO, NEVADA, THIS DATE ADVISED ENVELOPE RECEIVED THIS DATE BY NEWSPAPER ADDRESS TO "RENO NEWSPAPER, RENO, NEVADA", AND POSTMARKED OAKDALE, CA. P.M. NOV. TWENTYSEVEN, SEVENTYONE.

ENVELOPE OPENED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN FOLLOWING WORDS APPARENTLY CUT FROM NEWSPAPER AND PASTED TO PLAIN WHITE PAPER. "ATTENTION: THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY WAS IN A RUT D.D. COOPER". FACSIMILE BEING SENT SACRAMENTO.

NOTE HANDLED BY AT LEAST EIGHT PERSONS AT NEWSPAPER. ELIMINATION

PRINTS BEING OBTAINED.

NOTE BEING FORWARDED IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR LATENT PRINT EXAMINATION BY SEPARATE COVER.

END PAGE ONE

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164-81 - 220 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... NOV 2 9 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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[illegible initials] [guess: priu] 11/[illegible]

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DB Cooper-2054

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PRESS INQUIRIES WILL BE ANSWERED ACKNOWLEDGING THAT LETTER HAS BEEN FURNISHED TO FBI AND THAT APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES BEING CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE, UACB.

END

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DB Cooper-2055

Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81-220

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