Urgent teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles re witness information

Document date 30 November 1971

Part 11pages 429–4302 pagesDB Cooper-2249–2250

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-11:429-430

Document: Urgent teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles re witness information
Id: Cooper-Part-11:429-430
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A429-430

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 429–430 (DB Cooper-2249–2250), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-308 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A429-430

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI Date: 11/30/71

Transmit the following in OO 7 PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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TO : SAC, LOS ANGELES FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.

RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED]

ON NOVEMBER THIRTY INSTANT, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ADVISED PHOTO OF UNSUB BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS WHITE MALE, MID TO LATE THIRTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED NINETY POUNDS, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EYES, PREMATURELY GRAY HAIR, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] ADDITIONALLY GAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND ON [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

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JTS/rmh (1)

164-81-3O8

Approved: ____________ Sent /2[illegible] M Per ___[signature]___ Special Agent in Charge DB Cooper-2249

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

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Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via _______________ (Priority) --------------------------------------------------

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SE 164-81

PAGE TWO

[REDACTED - large block, approximately 5 lines redacted]

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[REDACTED] HE HAD LIVED THERE PREVIOUSLY.

SEATTLE INDICES NEGATIVE ON [REDACTED]

LOS ANGELES, AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. (ONE) WILL CONDUCT CREDIT AND CRIMINAL CHECKS ON [REDACTED] TO DETERMINE PRESENT ADDRESS AND OBTAIN CURRENT PHOTOGRAPH.

(TWO) WILL CHECK ENROLLMENT AT LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SINCE [REDACTED] FOR ANY RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED]

(THREE) WILL CONTACT LOCAL PARACHUTIST AND SKY JUMPING ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE [REDACTED] P

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Approved: _______________ Sent _____________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-2250

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-308