Urgent teletype Butte to Director, Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland re efforts to identify and verify reliability of subject

Document date 4 December 1971

Part 13pages 239–2402 pagesDB Cooper-3078–3079

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-13:239-240

Document: Urgent teletype Butte to Director, Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland re efforts to identify and verify reliability of subject
Id: Cooper-Part-13:239-240
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A239-240

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 pp. 239–240 (DB Cooper-3078–3079), Teletype, dated 4 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-619 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A239-240

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NR004 BT PLAIN 11:05 PM URGENT 12-4-71 ALH TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND FROM BUTTE (164-26)

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

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RE SUSPECT [REDACTED] AKA. RE BUTTE TEL BUREAU DECEMBER THREE LAST AND SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL BUTTE DECEMBER FOUR, INSTANT.

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[REDACTED] ON OUTSKIRTS [REDACTED] CLOSE NEIGHBOR, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CLOSED ONE P.M. UNTIL MONDAY NEXT. [REDACTED] RESIDES [REDACTED] APARTMENT COMPLEX. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] LICENSE PLATE PARKED OUTSIDE TODAY. TWO NEIGHBORS, BOTH [REDACTED] NOT AVAILABLE. REMAINING NEIGHBOR [REDACTED] BELIEVED RELIABLE AND IN- TERVIEWED. CASUALLY KNOWS [REDACTED] BUT CANNOT DEFINITELY STATE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NIGHT OF HIJACKING.

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164-81-619 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED /__ FILED __ DEC 4 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-3078

[guess: 4.04]

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PAGE TWO BT 164-26

DUE TO REPUTATION OF [REDACTED] DISCREET EFFORTS BEING MADE TO IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH RELIABILITY [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

PD RECORDS SHOW ONLY TRAFFIC CITATION [REDACTED]

NO RECORD [REDACTED] BUTTE INDICES.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.

* SUSPECT CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS SINCE REPORTEDLY CARRIES GUN.

END

DCA FBI SE CLR

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DB Cooper-3079

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Serials: 164-2111, BT 164-26, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-619