Urgent teletype Milwaukee to Seattle and Minneapolis re suspect from Milwaukee file review

Document date 30 November 1971

Part 11pages 436–4383 pagesDB Cooper-2257–2259

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Document: Urgent teletype Milwaukee to Seattle and Minneapolis re suspect from Milwaukee file review
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 436–438 (DB Cooper-2257–2259), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-311 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A436-438

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NR004 MI PLAIN 4:11 PM URGENT 11/30/71 RAH TO SEATTLE (164-81) MINNEAPOLIS FROM MILWAUKEE (164-37) 3P

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

RECENT PRESS AND TELEVISION COVERAGE INSTANT CASE SHOWED ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB RESULTING IN LEADS BEING EXPEDITIOUSLY HANDLED BY MILWAUKEE. ON NOVEMBER THIRTY, INSTANT, [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED AND ADVISED: ON TELEVISION SIX, TEN PM NEWS, MILWAUKEE, SHE SAW SKETCH AND BELIEVED RESEMBLANCE OF [REDACTED] TO UNSUB. DESCRIBED [REDACTED] NOT SEEN FOR [REDACTED] BUT RECALLED AS WHITE MALE, SIX FEET ONE INCH, [REDACTED] HAIR PARTED ON RIGHT, [REDACTED] EYES, POSSIBLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED LINE] [REDACTED] SMOKED PALL MALL CIGARETTES OR CHESTERFIELDS IN LIEU. [REDACTED] END PAGE ONE

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164-81-311 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ........ SERIALIZED ....... FILED ........ NOV 30 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2257

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[REDACTED] [REDACTED] LAST HEARD FROM [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHEN RECEIVED LETTER [REDACTED]

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REVIEW OF MILWAUKEE FILES DISCLOSED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SUBJECT OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHEREIN SUBJECT DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INCHES TALL, [REDACTED] POUNDS, HEAVY BUILD, [REDACTED] EYES, [REDACTED] HAIR, [REDACTED] COMPLEXION, [REDACTED] EDUCATION - [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NO MILITARY SERVICE [REDACTED] PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED FOR [REDACTED] WIS., PD IN [REDACTED] ARRESTED FOR [REDACTED] LOUISIANA PD IN [REDACTED] AND BY FBI FOR [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-2258

PAGE THREE MI 164-37

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[REDACTED] REVIEW OF MILWAUKEE FILE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DISCLOSED [REDACTED] REGISTERED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WIS., HAD SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER [REDACTED] SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SIX FEET [REDACTED] INCHES, [REDACTED] POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, [REDACTED] EYES, [REDACTED] COMPLEXION, SERVED [REDACTED] STATE REFORMATORY. [REDACTED] DISPUTED HEIGHT AND WEIGHT SET FORTH ABOVE. CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] UNKNOWN AND [REDACTED] BELIEVED LAST RESIDING [REDACTED]

LEADS RE ABOVE BEING LEFT DISCRETION OF OO. E N D VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB Cooper-2259

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Serials: MI 164-37, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-311