Portland to Seattle and Cleveland re CB radio conversation about ransom bills

This copy: Part 68 pp. 94–95Also filed at Part 42 pp. 290–292 (primary)

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Portland to Seattle and Cleveland re CB radio conversation about ransom bills

Document date 25 April 1979

Part 68pages 94–952 pagesDB Cooper-28820

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 68 pp. 94–95 (DB Cooper-28820), Teletype, dated 25 Apr 1979, serial SE 164-81-8094 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-68%3A094-095

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PDO 004 PP SE CV DE PD P 252020Z APR 79 FM PORTLAND (164-41) P TO SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY CLEVELAND PRIORITY BT UNCLAS NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE. BUFILE 164-2111.

ON APRIL 25, 1979, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], PORTLAND, OREGON, TELEPHONE [REDACTED], FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

HE IS A [REDACTED] AND HE [REDACTED]. BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 P.M., APRIL 24, 1979, HE OVERHEARD A CB CONVERSATION AMONG APPROXIMATELY FOUR CB UNITS CONVERSING ON CHANNEL 29. FROM THE CONVERSATION, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE PARTIES WERE LOGGING TRUCKERS OPERATING OUT OF THE WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON, AREA. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING FOUND AND RECOVERED A QUANTITY OF OLD $20 BILLS FROM A LOGGING ROAD IN THE WOODS.

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PAGE TWO PD 164-41 UNCLAS

THEY MENTIONED THAT ALTHOUGH THE BILLS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOMETIME, THEY WERE IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION THAT THEY COULD READ THE SERIAL NUMBERS. THEY SPECULATED THE BILLS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM THE COOPER SKYJACKING CASE. ONE OF THE PARTIES USED THE HANDLE [REDACTED] STATED HE HAS AN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WHOSE NAME IS POSSIBLY [REDACTED] AND STATED IF SHE LETS HIM GO HE WILL GO HUNTING THIS WEEKEND FOR MORE OF THE BILLS. ONE OF THE PARTIES STATED HE HAD TO LEAVE TO TAKE EIGHT LOADS OUT AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE PARTIES HAD 20 LOADS TO GO TO AUBURN. ONE OF THE PARTIES USED THE HANDLE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ONE OF THE PARTIES USED THE CALL SIGNALS [REDACTED] CONTACT WITH FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) OFFICE, PORTLAND, OREGON, DISCLOSES CB LICENSE [REDACTED] IS LISTED TO [REDACTED], SHELBY, OHIO, [REDACTED]. NEITHER FCC NOR HEADQUARTERS OF REACT, CB ORGANIZATION AT PORTLAND, HAVE ANY RECORD OF HANDLES [REDACTED] OR [REDACTED] CLEVELAND AT SHELBY, OHIO. DETERMINE CURRENT LOCATION OF [REDACTED], HOLDER OF CB LICENSE [REDACTED] AND SET OUT LEAD FOR INTERVIEW. SEATTLE AT AUBURN, WASHINGTON. CONDUCT INVESTIGATION

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DB Cooper-28820

Serials: 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8094