Director to all field offices re NORJAK press-release summary of facts
Document date 5 May 1978
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Id: Cooper-Part-121:090-091
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:090-091 Document: Teletype Director to all field offices re NORJAK press-release summary of facts Id: Cooper-Part-121:090-091 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A090-091 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 121 pp. 90–91 (DB Cooper-55603), Teletype, dated 5 May 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A090-091
VZCZCHQ0030 RR AFD DE HQ 0030 1250315 ZNR UUUUU R 050424Z MAY 78 FM DIRECTOR, FBI [illegible handwritten file number, guess: 124-2111] TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES ROUTINE BT UNCLAS NORJAK (4), OO: SEATTLE.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS:
"A LONE WHITE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 305 AT PORTLAND, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CONTAINED A BOMB WHICH WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS WERE MET.
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES IN
[bottom margin, handwritten/stamped]: [illegible handwritten serial number, guess: 124-1-7883] ... MAY 05 1978 DB COOPER-55603 [redaction boxes marked b6, b7C, b7D near top-right and bottom-right]
PAGE FOUR DE HQ 0030 UNCLAS INFORMATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RELEASED INADVERTENTLY.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
BT
0030
Serials: 0030, NORJAK (4)