SAC Las Vegas to Director/FBI Laboratory forwarding purported hijacker note from Las Vegas Sun
Document date 8 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 101 p. 264
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:362-362 Document: Airtel SAC Las Vegas to Director/FBI Laboratory forwarding purported hijacker note from Las Vegas Sun Id: Cooper-Part-15:362-362 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A362-362 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 15 p. 362 (DB Cooper-4262), Airtel, dated 8 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A362-362
12/8/71
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AIRTEL
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) (ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY)
FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB; aka NORTHWEST AIRLINE FLIGHT NUMBER 305 11/24/71 OAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (OO:SE)
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Enclosed herewith for the Laboratory is the original of a note addressed to the "Las Vegas Sun" newspaper, postmarked Henderson, Nevada, 12/4/71. This note purportedly was put together by the hijacker of captioned plane.
Enclosed herewith for the Seattle Office is one copy of above note and one copy of envelope in which note was mailed.
[REDACTED] of the 'Las Vegas Sun" newspaper made the above available. He stated they had reproduced this note on page one of that newspaper and the penciled notations on the back of the note and on the back of the envelope were made by personnel of the newspaper during the process of engraving and reproducing same. [REDACTED] stated that a minimum of 15 different individuals at that newspaper have handled the note and the envelope.
The Laboratory is requested to compare this note with other printed matter received in this case. No fingerprint processing is requested in view of the numerous individuals who have handled this communication.
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2 - Bureau (Enc. 2) 2 - Seattle (164-81)(Enc. 2) (Info) 1 - Las Vegas RJS:lad (4)
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164-81 - 1146 [illegible stamp marks] DEC D [guess: 1971] [illegible] DB Cooper-4262
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