Urgent teletype Portland to New York and Seattle re suspect identifying information

Document date 6 December 1971

Part 91page 1681 pageDB Cooper-40541

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Document: Urgent teletype Portland to New York and Seattle re suspect identifying information
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 168 (DB Cooper-40541), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-268 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A168-168

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) # 015 FBI Date: 12/6/71 Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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TO: NEW YORK (164-627) [redacted] SEATTLE FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 1 PAGE

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE NEW YORK TELETYPE [redacted], DECEMBER THREE, SEVENTY ONE. SUSPECT [redacted]. [redacted] ON DECEMBER SIX, SEVENTY ONE, MVR RECORDS, SALEM, OREGON, DESCRIBED [redacted] AS FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS, AND DATE OF BIRTH [redacted].

SINCE [redacted] HEIGHT IS ONLY FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, NO FURTHER ACTION BEING TAKEN AT PORTLAND, OREGON. - P -

AM COPY TO SEATTLE, SEATTLE FILE ONE SIX FOUR DASH EIGHT ONE.

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164-41-268 Searched ______ Serialized ______ Indexed ______ Filed ______

(1) - Portland RGG:kdd (2) [redacted] Approved: [signature] Sent SE - 10^12/6 Per CCN Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-40541

Serials: NY 164-627, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-268, SE 164-81