Summary teletype Portland to Seattle re Northwest Flight 305 hijacking

Document date 2 December 1971

Part 91page 121 pageDB Cooper-40369

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:012-012

Document: Summary teletype Portland to Seattle re Northwest Flight 305 hijacking
Id: Cooper-Part-91:012-012
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A012-012

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 12 (DB Cooper-40369), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-184 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A012-012

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Date: 12/2/71

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Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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[handwritten number, partially legible: 001 or similar]

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TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO SE.

SUMMARY TELETYPE.

"OREGONIAN," NEWSPAPER, PORTLAND, OREGON, RECEIVED LETTER SIGNED D. B. COOPER STATING, "AM ALIVE AND DOING WELL IN HOME TOWN PO. THE SYSTEM THAT BEATS THE SYSTEM." BODY OF LETTER IS LETTERING CUT FROM NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE. ENVELOPE IS HANDPRINTED. ENVELOPE AND LETTER FORWARDED TO FBI LABORATORY WITH COPIES TO SEATTLE. PRIMARY INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATED ON SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF LOOKALIKE LEADS. RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION TO DATE NEGATIVE.

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SUMMARY TELETYPE

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JLM:lam (1)

[handwritten] 164-41-184

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[stamp, partially legible: Searched___ / [guess: Serialized]___ / Filed___ ]

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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent 5:29 M Per [initials]

☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135

DB Cooper-40369

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Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-184, SE 164-81