Portland to Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Seattle re 1958 Chevrolet registration lead

Document date 8 December 1971

Part 91pages 236–2372 pagesDB Cooper-40623–40624

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:236-237

Document: Teletype Portland to Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Seattle re 1958 Chevrolet registration lead
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 pp. 236–237 (DB Cooper-40623–40624), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-305 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A236-237

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FBI Date: 12/8/71

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TO: LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS & SEATTLE

FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P) 2 P

UNSUB, AKA D.B. COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE; CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION; OO: SEATTLE.

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ON DECEMBER THREE, SEVENTY ONE, [REDACTED], PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PDX) ADVISED AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL WHO CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE UNSUB IN THIS MATTER ARRIVED PDX, NINE O'CLOCK PM, DECEMBER THREE, SEVENTY ONE, ABOARD [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN [REDACTED] [REDACTED], PRIOR TO ARRIVING IN PORTLAND. ON ARRIVAL AT PDX, UNSUB WAS MET BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON DRIVING A LATE MODEL SEDAN BEARING CALIFORNIA LICENSE [REDACTED]

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CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (DMV) ADVISES [REDACTED] LISTED TO NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE OLDSMOBILE

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[REDACTED] 1-Portland PCS:smp (2) Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent [handwritten date/time stamps] Per [illegible] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971—413-135 DB Cooper-40623

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PD 164-41

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REGISTERED OWNER, [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. DMV RECORDS ALSO SHOW NINETEEN FIFTY EIGHT CHEVROLET FOUR DOOR, CALIFORNIA LICENSE [REDACTED], REGISTERED TO [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. LOS ANGELES AT [REDACTED]. AT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RESIDES AT THIS ADDRESS, DETERMINE TO WHOM HE HAS SOLD VEHICLE BEARING CALIFORNIA LICENSE [REDACTED]. MINNEAPOLIS AT [REDACTED]. CONDUCT SAME INVESTIGATION SET OUT FOR LOS ANGELES AT [REDACTED].

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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-40624

Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-305