Nitel Seattle to Director and Portland re two sample $20 bills from claimant holding NORJAK ransom
Document date 12 April 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-24:436-438 Document: Nitel Seattle to Director and Portland re two sample $20 bills from claimant holding NORJAK ransom Id: Cooper-Part-24:436-438 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-24%3A436-438 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 24 pp. 436–438 (DB Cooper-7838–7840), Teletype, dated 12 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-24%3A436-438
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FBI Date: 4-12-72
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P)
NORJAK.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU MARCH TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYTWO.
[REDACTED] SEATTLE, ADVISES THAT TWO SAMPLE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS REPORTEDLY PART OF NORJAK RANSOM MONEY OBTAINED THIS DAY FROM [REDACTED] PORTLAND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CLAIMS TO HOLD ENTIRE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RANSOM FOR SALE IN LOTS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SERIAL NUMBERS OF TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED ARE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NEITHER BILL LISTED IN BUREAU- PUBLISHED LIST OF NORJAK RANSOM BILLS. SIMILARLY, NCIC CHECK ON BOTH BILLS NEGATIVE.
[REDACTED] ADVISES UNITED STATES TREASURY AGENTS CONFIRM NEITHER SAMPLE BILL BOGUS. [REDACTED] PLANS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND OBTAIN ONE [REDACTED] THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS
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RCD/ksw [illegible] (1) Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
164-81-2735 GA -9:40 PM Sent PD -11:40 PM Per OcA U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-7838
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PAGE TWO SE 164-81
FROM THIS SAME LOT AND FURTHER ATTEMPT TO [REDACTED] ~~CLAIM TO HOLD ENTIRE NORJAK RANSOM~~ [handwritten: to determine origin]
SEATTLE MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] WHO ADVISE THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY FURTHER BILLS OBTAINED FROM SAME SOURCE.
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Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge
Sent ________ M Per ________
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-7839
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NR018 SE PLAIN 11:40 PM NITEL 4/12/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) IP
NORJAK.
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RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU MARCH TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYTWO.
[REDACTED] SEATTLE, ADVISES THAT TWO SAMPLE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED THIS DAY FROM [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND WHO CLAIMS TO HOLD ENTIRE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RANSOM FOR SALE IN LOTS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SERIAL NUMBERS OF TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED ARE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] NEITHER BILL LISTED IN BUREAU-PUBLISHED LIST OF NORJAK RANSOM BILLS. SIMILARLY, NCIC CHECK ON BOTH BILLS NEGATIVE.
[REDACTED] ADVISES UNITED STATES TREASURY AGENTS CONFIRM NEITHER SAMPLE BILL BOGUS. [REDACTED] PLANS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND OBTAIN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS FROM THIS SAME LOT AND FURTHER ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE ORIGIN.
SEATTLE MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] WHO ADVISE THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY FURTHER BILLS OBTAINED FROM SAME SOURCE. E N D PD HOLD (A3w)
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DB Cooper-7840 164-81-8735
Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-2735, SE 164-81-8735