SAC Seattle to Acting Director and Minneapolis re Northwest Airlines contact and finder's fee
Document date 3 October 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-28:114-115 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Acting Director and Minneapolis re Northwest Airlines contact and finder's fee Id: Cooper-Part-28:114-115 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A114-115 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 28 pp. 114–115 (DB Cooper-9638–9639), Teletype, dated 3 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3948 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A114-115
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FBI Date: 10/3/72
Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code) TELETYPE NITEL Via ___________ (Priority)
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TO: ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) AND SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, DATED AUGUST TWENTYFOUR LAST.
RE NITEL REQUESTED BUREAU AUTHORITY TO CONTACT NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE A FINDERS FEE TO ANYONE FINDING AND RETURNING THE RANSOM MONEY. FIFTEEN PERCENT OF ANY RANSOM MONEY RETURNED WAS RECOMMENDED AS A REASONABLE REWARD.
SEATTLE DIVISION IS DISSEMINATING INFORMATION CONCERNING CAPTIONED SKYJACKING TO WASHINGTON STATE GAME WARDENS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AREA INTO WHICH UNSUB PARACHUTED. THE WARDENS ARE BEING ASKED TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ALL HUNTERS THEY ENCOUNTER IN THIS AREA DURING THE UPCOMING SEASON.
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Approved: ___________ Special Agent in Charge
Sent mP-10:02(BLB)M Per OCA DB Cooper-9638 wA-8.28(Rms) 164-81-3948
★U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574
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SE 164-81
INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY REWARD FOR PERSONS FINDING PART OR ALL OF THE RANSOM MONEY WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GAME WARDENS AT THIS TIME. IF A FINDERS FEE IS EVENTUALLY AUTHORIZED, THIS FACT WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STATE GAME WARDENS TO THE HUNTERS IN THIS AREA.
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING LEAD IS BEING SET FORTH ON A UACB BASIS:
MINNEAPOLIS WILL EXPEDITIOUSLY CONTACT APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AT NORTHWEST AIRLINES TO DETERMINE IF A FINDERS FEE CAN BE AUTHORIZED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES.
SUTEL.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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Approved: _______________ Sent ___________ M Per _________ DB Cooper-9639 Special Agent in Charge *U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574
Serials: 164-2111, MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3948