Portland to Director re BPA helicopter search expenses, NWA Flight 305

Document date 30 November 1971

Part 117page 141 page

Also filed at: Part 117 p. 18

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Part of: Portland to Director re BPA helicopter costs for Flight 305 search · 30 November 1971 · Part 117 pp. 33–34

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 117 p. 14, Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-395 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A014-014

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TELETYPE NITEL SUB - EXPENSES of - SEARCH Sub E

TO: DIRECTOR (164-2111) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)

UNSUB, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING, OO SEATTLE. HELICOPTER EXPENSE.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE NWAL HIJACKING NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (BPA), DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, PORTLAND, OREGON, WAS ASKED TO ASSIST WITH AIR SEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF STATE OF WASHINGTON BY FLYING THEIR HELICOPTERS OVER THE LAKE MERWIN, WASHINGTON, AREA. SINCE U. S. GOVERNMENT HELICOPTERS WERE INVOLVED, NO QUESTION OF COST WAS INITIATED BY BPA OR FBI.

HARRY WINLESS, WHO MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS, IS NOW CONTACTING THIS OFFICE EXPLAINING THAT HE IS EMBARRASSED TO LEARN THAT HIS AGENCY HAS NO OPERATION AGAINST WHICH TO CHARGE EXPENSES OF FBI HELICOPTER SEARCH AND IS COMPELLED TO INQUIRE IF FBI CAN EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY ACCOUNTING TRANSACTION ASSUME

1 - Portland 1 - Seattle (164-81)(AM)

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[handwritten upper right: 3] [handwritten bottom right: 164-81-395 Sub E] [stamp bottom right: SEARCHED___ INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___ FILED___ DEC 2 1971 [illegible] SAC]

Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-395