SAC Seattle to Director re Laboratory comparison of suspect typewriter samples
Document date 1 February 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-71:210-210
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-71:210-210 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to Director re Laboratory comparison of suspect typewriter samples Id: Cooper-Part-71:210-210 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A210-210 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 71 p. 210 (DB Cooper-30481), Teletype, dated 1 Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A210-210
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 2/1/72
Transmit the following in ______________________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority) --------------------------------------------------
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111), SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) & SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(-P-) DAILY TELETYPE
NORJAK.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
RE BUREAU AIRTEL DATED JANUARY SIX, SEVENTYTWO. COM THE LABORATORY HAS ADVISED THAT AFTER COMPARING
THE SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM THE TYPEWRITER USED BY [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] WITH THE "D.B. COOPER" LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE
VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS, INCLUDING THE SEATTLE TIMES, [THAT] IT
COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF SPECIMENS WERE PREPARED ON THE
SAME TYPEWRITER DUE TO LACK OF SIGNIFICANT DEFECTS. THE
LABORATORY NOTED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING OF PARTICULAR
SIGNIFICANCE WAS NOTED IN THE COMPARISON. BASED ON THIS AND
OTHER INQUIRIES, [REDACTED] HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AS b6 b7C A SUSPECT.
DAILY TELETYPE WILL BE DISCONTINUED, UACB, IN
FAVOR OF A WEEKLY SUMMARY TO BE SUBMITTED EACH FRIDAY.
IN THE EVENT OF ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS
MATTER, THE BUREAU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ADVISED.
PORTLAND SHOULD DISCONTINUE ITS DAILY TELETYPE
TO SEATTLE.
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[handwritten] Luis D. 164-81-[illegible] CEF:klb (2) Approved: ________________ Sent ________M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge
DB Cooper-30481