SAC Seattle to SAC Portland re Seattle source naming parachutist as logical suspect

Document date 29 November 1971

Part 90pages 144–1452 pagesDB Cooper-40140–40141

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Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Portland re Seattle source naming parachutist as logical suspect
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 pp. 144–145 (DB Cooper-40140–40141), Teletype, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial PD 164-41-53 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A144-145

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Date: 11/29/71

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TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.

[REDACTED], SEATTLE, WHO IS [REDACTED], RECALLS A WHITE MALE, NAME UNKNOWN, WHO WAS PARACHUTIST IN THE PAST, AND CONSIDERS THIS PERSON LOGICAL SUSPECT. SUSPECT FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH [REDACTED], OREGON, AND QUOTE [REDACTED] UNQUOTE, [REDACTED], WASHINGTON.

SUSPECT ALSO KNOWN TO [REDACTED] WHO MIGHT STILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH [REDACTED], PORTLAND, AND WHO USED TO LIVE [REDACTED], SANDY, OREGON.

~ SUSPECT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO PURPORTEDLY [REDACTED] [REDACTED], WASHINGTON, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SUSPECT FREQUENTLY [REDACTED] AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS. DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET, LEAN, TOUGH, AND NOW MIDDLE AGED.

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164-41-53 [STAMPED] SERIALIZED [STAMPED] FILED

DB Cooper-40140

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SE 164-81

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PORTLAND INTERVIEW [REDACTED], IF NOTHING PRECLUDES IT, AND

[REDACTED] REGARDING IDENTITY THIS SUSPECT. SET OUT

APPROPRIATE LEADS. P

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Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-53, SE 164-81