Urgent teletype SAC Portland to Seattle and Chicago re photographs shown to Northwest Orient employee

Document date 6 January 1972

Part 55pages 240–2412 pagesDB Cooper-23385–23386

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Document: Urgent teletype SAC Portland to Seattle and Chicago re photographs shown to Northwest Orient employee
Id: Cooper-Part-55:240-241
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 55 pp. 240–241 (DB Cooper-23385–23386), Teletype, dated 6 Jan 1972, serial LA 164-497-234 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-55%3A240-241

1/6/72 PLAINTEXT TELETYPE URGENT

TO: SEATTLE (164-81) CHICAGO (164-297)

FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P) ___pages

NORJAK.

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RE: PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWN TO WITNESSES.

RE BUFFALO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, TWELVE TWENTYTWO SEVENTYONE; CHICAGO NITEL TO DIRECTOR, TWELVE TWENTYEIGHT SEVENTYONE; CHICAGO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, TWELVE TWENTYONE SEVENTYONE; DENVER AIRTEL TO DIRECTOR, TWELVE THIRTY SEVENTYONE; LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, TWELVE TWENTYTWO SEVENTYONE, SEATTLE TELETYPE TO SAN FRANCISCO, TWELVE TWENTYNINE SEVENTYONE, AND SEATTLE AIRTEL TO PORTLAND, TWELVE THIRTY SEVENTYONE.

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[redacted] OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, VIEWED PICTURES OF FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON JANUARY FIVE SEVENTYTWO, AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE ANY AS HIJACKER:

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1 - Buffalo (164-46) 1 - Denver (164-98) 1 - Houston (164-118) [redacted] Los Angeles (164-497) 1 - Portland (164-41)

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164-497-234 SEARCHED /[illegible] INDEXED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] JAN 10 72

b6 b7C

DB Cooper-23385

PAGE TWO FD 164-41

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[REDACTED] (CHICAGO) [REDACTED] (SEATTLE) [REDACTED] (SEATTLE [REDACTED] (DENVER) [REDACTED] (LOS ANGELES) [REDACTED] (CHICAGO) [REDACTED] (BUFFALO) [REDACTED] DID NOT RECOGNIZE PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] (LNU)(HOUSTON) BUT [REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED] HAS SIMILAR FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UNSUB. HE DID NOT IDENTIFY [REDACTED] AS HIJACKER BUT COULD NOT POSITIVELY ELIMINATE HIM.

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PORTLAND DOES NOT HAVE PHOTOGRAPH OF [REDACTED] FBI NO. [REDACTED]

CHICAGO REQUESTED TO SEND PORTLAND [REDACTED] PHOTOGRAPH FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.

AIRMAIL COPIES TO BUFFALO, DENVER, HOUSTON AND LOS ANGELES.

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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED JAN 18 FBI — LOS ANGELES

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DB Cooper-23386

Serials: BU 164-46, CG 164-297, DN 164-98, FD 164-41, HO 164-118, LA 164-497, LA 164-497-234, PD 164-41, SE 164-81