San Francisco to Seattle re publicizing ransom bill serial numbers
Document date 21 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 70 p. 276
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Id: Cooper-Part-17:205-205
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-17:205-205 Document: Teletype San Francisco to Seattle re publicizing ransom bill serial numbers Id: Cooper-Part-17:205-205 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A205-205 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 p. 205 (DB Cooper-5035), Teletype, dated 21 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1516 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A205-205
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PR 008 SF PLAIN 925PM NITEL 12/21/71 CRH TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)
NORJAK.
RE PUBLICITY OF SERIAL NUMBERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES IN NEWSPAPERS.
BECAUSE OF LENGTH AND COMPOSITION OF LIST OF SERIAL NUMBERS, NEWSPAPERS IN SAN FRANCISCO AREA ADVISED IMPOSSIBLE TO PRINT ENTIRE LIST. THE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TRIBUNE HAS PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE LISTING APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SERIAL NUMBERS AND STATED COMPLETE LIST AVAILABLE AT FBI OFFICES.
SAN FRANCISCO IS SENDING A CIRCULAR LETTER TO ALL BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS ADVISING THAT THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF ALL BILLS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE NEAREST FBI OFFICE AND REQUESTING THEM TO BE ALERT TO ANY ACTIVITY IN SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES WHEREIN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS INVOLVED.
ALSO LOCAL PRESS RELEASE BEING MADE TO ANNOUNCE SERIAL NUMBERS OF BILLS AVAILABLE AND TO REQUEST ARTICLE BE PLACED IN NEWSPAPERS PROCLAIMING THIS.
AN ALL AGENTS MEMO HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE REQUESTING CONTACT WITH ALL LOGICAL CIS AND PCIS AND 164-81-1516 SOURCES.
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ACK AND HOLD FEE FBI SEATTLE
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ DEC 21 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-5035
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1516, SF 164-220