Portland to Director re BPA helicopter search expenses, NWA Flight 305
This copy: Part 117 p. 18Also filed at Part 117 p. 14 (primary)
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Portland to Director re NWA Flight 305 search expenses
Document date 30 November 1971
Another copy of this document is the primary, most legible copy: Part 117 p. 14.
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Part of: Portland to Director re BPA helicopter costs for Flight 305 search
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Id: Cooper-Part-117:018-018
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:018-018 Document: Teletype Portland to Director re NWA Flight 305 search expenses Id: Cooper-Part-117:018-018 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A018-018 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 117 p. 18 (DB Cooper-32033), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-395 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A018-018
11/30/71
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TO: DIRECTOR (164-2111) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
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3 [underlined number, possibly] 5L3 [or 503] - EXPENSES Sub 5 4 - SEARCH Sub E
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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
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1 - Portland 1 - Seattle (164-81)(AM) JLM:lam (2)
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164-81-395 [stamp text, partially illegible] SEARCHED........INDEXED........ SERIALIZED......[illegible].... [illegible date] 1971 [signature/initials illegible] SAC [or similar]
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[handwritten initial, possibly 'B' or stylized mark]
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DB Cooper-32033
Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-395