Seattle to Director, Portland and Sacramento re Seattle Times article, leads to interview Florence and Ceres

Document date 20 December 1982

Part 47pages 37–382 pagesDB Cooper-19313–19314

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Document: Teletype Seattle to Director, Portland and Sacramento re Seattle Times article, leads to interview Florence and Ceres
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 47 pp. 37–38 (DB Cooper-19313–19314), Teletype, dated 20 Dec 1982, serial SE 164-81-8704 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-47%3A037-038

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

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TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 12/20/82

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FM SEATTLE (164A-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR ROUTINE 04302 (KG) PORTLAND (164A-41) ROUTINE 00182 (GDV) SACRAMENTO ROUTINE 03452 (GC) BT U NCLAS

NORJAK. CAA - HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE.

AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE "SEATTLE TIMES" NEWSPAPER, [REDACTED] STATING THAT ONE [REDACTED] OF [REDACTED] OREGON, HAD BEEN HIRED BY ONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA; [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE COLUMBIA RIVER BETWEEN PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE PLANE THAT WAS HIJACKED.

APPARENTLY, ON DECEMBER 16, 1982, [REDACTED] FOUND A NYLON CORD ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CORD UNSUB HAD ON ONE OF THE PARACHUTES. IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] FOUND A PIECE OF CANVAS WHICH, ACCORDING TO

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164A-81-8704

Approved: [signature] Transmitted O11 ABOVE Per [signature] (Number) (Time) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1982 O - 369-895 DB Cooper-19313

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ___________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date ___________

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PAGE TWO SE 164A-81 UNCLAS

THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, COULD ALSO HAVE COME FROM THE HIJACKER. ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THESE ITEMS WERE FORWARDED BY [REDACTED] b6 b7C IN ORDER THAT [REDACTED] CAN AUTHENTICATE THEM.

FBIHQ DESIRES THAT BOTH [REDACTED] BE INTERVIEWED TO b6 b7C DETERMINE IF THEY ARE IN POSSESSION OF POSSIBLE EVIDENCE IN CAPTIONED MATTER AND IF SO, WILL THEY MAKE SAME AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY FBI LABORATORY.

PORTLAND AT FLORENCE: INTERVIEW [REDACTED] RE ABOVE FOR ANY POSITIVE INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE. b6 b7C SACRAMENTO AT CERES: INTERVIEW [REDACTED] FOR ANY POSITIVE INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE AND IF IN POSSESSION OF ITEMS DESCRIBED ABOVE, DETERMINE IF HE WILL MAKE SAME AVAILABLE FOR FBI LABORATORY EXAMINATION.

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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) (Time) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1982 O - 369-895 DB Cooper-19314

Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8704