SAC Phoenix to SAC Baltimore re 11/30/71 tip on person matching UNSUB description, with leads

Document date 1 December 1971

Part 14pages 104–1063 pagesDB Cooper-3415–3417

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-14:104-106

Document: Airtel SAC Phoenix to SAC Baltimore re 11/30/71 tip on person matching UNSUB description, with leads
Id: Cooper-Part-14:104-106
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 pp. 104–106 (DB Cooper-3415–3417), Airtel, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-760 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-14%3A104-106

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI Date: 12/1/71

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Priority)

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TO: SAC, BALTIMORE

FROM: SAC, PHOENIX (164-100) (P)

UNSUB; Northwest Airlines 727 Portland, Oregon 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING

OO: SEATTLE

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

For information of Baltimore, unsub on 11/24/71 boarded Northwest Airline 727 at Portland, Oregon and hijacked plane and demanded and received $200,000 claiming to have a bomb. He received the money at Seattle. He escaped after plane had taken off from Seattle with use of parachute some- where between Seattle, Washington, and Reno, Nevada.

Unsub was described as white male, 50 years old, 6'1", 172 pounds.

The Phoenix Office on 11/30/71 received information from a non-symbol source that [REDACTED] could fit this description and [REDACTED]

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164-81 - 760 SEARCHED......INDEXED.9...... SERIALIZED /...FILED ./... DEC [guess: 6] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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2 - Baltimore (2) - Seattle (164-81) 2 - Washington Field 2 - Phoenix

JAM/bay (8)

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DB Cooper-3415

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Approved: _______________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971—413-135

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b6 b7C b7D

PX 164-100 JAM/bay

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[REDACTED - name or identifier]

[REDACTED - paragraph block]

[REDACTED - multi-line paragraph block]

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[REDACTED] is described by source as follows:

Name [REDACTED] Race Caucasian Sex Male DOB [REDACTED] Age [REDACTED] Weight 185 pounds Height 6' Eyes [REDACTED] Hair Dark with sideburns and graying at temples Characteristics Neat dresser, handsome and distinguished looking, slightly round shouldered and wears sunglasses frequently Marital Status [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-3416

PX 164-100 JAM/bay

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LEADS:

BALTIMORE DIVISION b6 b7C AT [REDACTED] b7D

Conduct investigation at [REDACTED] b6 to determine if [REDACTED] b7C [REDACTED] Obtain background information and conduct necessary b7D investigation to determine if [REDACTED] possibly identical with unsub.

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WFO DIVISION

AT WASHINGTON, D.C.

Conduct investigation at [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] b7C Obtain background information and conduct necessary investi- b7D gation to determine if [REDACTED] possibly identical with unsub.

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DB Cooper-3417

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Serials: PX 164-100, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-760