Daily teletype SAC Seattle to Director re extortion letters and aerial search
Document date 1 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 12 pp. 18–20
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 pp. 15–17 (DB Cooper-2643–2645), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-4186 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A015-017
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 12/1/71
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Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority)
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DAILY TELETYPE
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(-P-)
"CHANGED" UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
OO: SE
TITLE CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE NAME BY WHICH TICKET WAS PURCHASED BY THE HIJACKER AT PORTLAND, OREGON.
INVESTIGATION IN COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, CONSISTED OF DOOR TO DOOR CANVAS FROM WOODLAND, WASHINGTON NORTH TO KALAMA, WASHINGTON VICINITY, COVERING EVERY AVAILABLE ROAD WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
FOUR LETTERS RECEIVED AT WOODLAND, WASHINGTON CITY HALL, DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, ONE OF WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF LETTER CUT FROM NEWSPAPERS OR MAGAZINES AND STATED AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE. AM LEAVING AREA MONDAY. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. COOPER. ENQUOTE.
ANOTHER ENVELOPE WHICH WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WHICH CONTAINED A SECOND NOTE WAS ALSO RECEIVED TODAY AND IN THIS WAS A LETTER IN WHICH HE APOLOGIZED FOR SENDING THE
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pub O 164-81-4186 461
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CEF:klb (2) Approved: ________ Sent >:20 PM Per 0 [guess: UR] Special Agent in Charge
DB Cooper-2643
SE 164-81
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THE PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION AND STATED THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. BOTH LETTERS WERE POSTMARKED VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, PM, NOVEMBER THIRTY, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.
A FIXED WING AIRCRAFT WAS UTILIZED TO COVER AN AREA FROM WOODLAND, WASHINGTON FORTY MILES NORTH TO SILVER LAKE, WASHINGTON, IN COWLITZ COUNTY AND TWENTY MILES IN AN EASTERLY AND WESTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE MILES WAS COVERED IN THIS SEARCH WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND IT WAS NOTED THAT IT CONSISTS MAINLY OF EXTREMELY ROUGH TERRAIN WITH A NUMBER OF LOGGING ROADS IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION.
THE PORTLAND OFFICE ADVISED TODAY THEY HAD CHECKED A NUMBER OF QUOTE LOOK ALIKES ENQUOTE BASED ON PUBLICITY. NO POSITIVE RESULTS. PORTLAND ARRANGED FOR MORE THOROUGH AIRCRAFT SEARCH BETWEEN EUGENE AND MEDFORD, OREGON. PORTLAND HAS DISTRIBUTED RANSOM LIST TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BANKS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS, LIQUOR STORES, SELECTED MOTELS AND HOTELS.
SACRAMENTO ADVISED THEY HAVE ISSUED APB, SETTING FORTH DETAILS; PERTINENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COVERING ROUTE ARE COGNIZANT. LIAISON WITH HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES ALONG ROUTE OF FLIGHT BEING ESTABLISHED.
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DB Cooper-2644
SE 164-81
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SACRAMENTO MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE ALONG FLIGHT PATH BY MILITARY AIRCRAFT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SEATTLE DISTRIBUTED RANSOM LIST TO ALL BANKS TODAY, EXHAUSTING SUPPLY. REQUEST ONE THOUSAND MORE BE FURNISHED TO COVER ADDITIONAL CIRCULARIZATION PLANNED BY SEATTLE IN PERTINENT AREA.
BUREAU IS ALSO REQUESTED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION IF NOT ALREADY DONE, TO FURNISH INFORMATION IN THIS CASE TO ALL LEGAL ATTACHES, TO APPROPRIATELY ALERT FOREIGN POLICE AGENCIES.
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3. DB Cooper-2645
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4186