SAC Seattle to Director re publishing ransom bill serial numbers in Seattle Times
Document date 13 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 70 pp. 288–289 · Part 74 pp. 147–148
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-16:010-011 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Director re publishing ransom bill serial numbers in Seattle Times Id: Cooper-Part-16:010-011 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A010-011 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 16 pp. 10–11 (DB Cooper-4315), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A010-011
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Date: 12/13/71
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
NORJAK.
IN ORDER TO SECURE MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE MONEY PAID IN THIS CASE, [REDACTED] b6 SEATTLE TIMES, SAC CONTACT, HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY ME TO DETERMINE b7C IF THE PAPER WOULD BE WILLING TO PUBLISH THIS LIST.
[REDACTED] HAS ADVISED THAT A STUDY OF THE COST OF THIS MATTER REVEALS THAT LABOR COSTS IN COMPOSING WOULD RUN APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE NEWS PRINT COST WOULD RUN APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHOULD THEY PUBLISH THIS AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE RATE, THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND b6 DOLLARS AND AT THE REGULAR COMMERCIAL RATE, IT WOULD RUN APPROXI- b7C MATELY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. HE HAS ADVISED THAT BY PROVIDING A PREPRINTED MAT, THE COMPOSITION COST COULD NOT BE ELIMINATED SINCE THEIR UNION CONTRACT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE COST BE PAID NONETHELESS. [REDACTED] HAS INQUIRED IF THE BUREAU WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY THE ACTUAL COST UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED FOR PUBLISHING THIS LIST.
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I PRESUME THE COST WOULD BE COMPARABLE IF OTHER DAILY NEWS- PAPERS WERE REQUESTED TO PUBLISH THE LIST SINCE ALL WOULD BE FACED WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS.
[REDACTED] OF THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, HAS ALSO BEEN APPROACHED BY ME CONCERNING THIS MATTER BUT HAS NOT RESPONDED THUS FAR TO MY INQUIRY.
I KNOW OF NO WAY WHERE THE LIST COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS PUBLICATION THROUGH A DAILY NEWSPAPER. THE SEATTLE TIMES CIRCULATES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ITS PRINCIPAL CIRCULATION AREA BEING THE SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA. IN THE EVENT MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF THIS TECHNIQUE IS TO BE OBTAINED, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THE SAME STEPS BE TAKEN BY A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN PORTLAND, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO AND POSSIBLY RENO, NEVADA.
BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE IF IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THES EXPENDITURE OF UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS LIST IN THE SEATTLE TIMES.
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