Letterhead memorandum Portland re possible link between Qantas 'Mr. Brown' hoax and D.B. Cooper hijacking
This copy: Part 91 pp. 289–290Also filed at Part 16 pp. 87–88 (primary)
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Letterhead memorandum re 'Mr. Brown' Qantas extortion hoax compared to Cooper
Document date 8 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-91:289-290 Document: Letterhead memorandum re 'Mr. Brown' Qantas extortion hoax compared to Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-91:289-290 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A289-290 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 91 pp. 289–290 (DB Cooper-40679–40680), Memo, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial 100-71-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A289-290
Portland, Oregon December 8, 1971
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT, also known as Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971
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"The Daily Telegraph", a London, England, newspaper, contained an article on May 28, 1971, on Page 4, describing a plot by an unknown subject using the name "Mr. Brown". This individual hoaxed the Qantas Airline at the Sydney International Airport, apparently in Australia, into paying 235,000 pounds ransom money after a bomb threat. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 Airliner. "Mr. Brown" is not described in the article, but an "Identikit" picture of him bears a resemblance to an artist's sketch of an unknown subject who hijacked an airliner between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, and extorted $200,000 from Northwest Orient Airlines. This individual is described as white male, 6'1" tall, 170-175 pounds, age-mid-forties, olive complexion, brown eyes, black hair, conventional cut, parted on left; slender build.
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6-Bureau (164-2111) 2-Seattle (164-81) 1-Portland (164-41)
NBB:smp (8)
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[illegible initials/signature]
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[guess: 100]-71-340
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DB Cooper-40679
LEADS
Will obtain disposition of the case relating to "Mr. Brown" and the Qantas Airline in May, 1971.
Will obtain description of "Mr. Brown".
Will attempt to determine if "Mr. Brown" could have been in the United States, particularly in the Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, region during November, 1971. The Northwest Orient Airlines hijacking took place on November 24, 1971.
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DB Cooper-40680
Serials: 100-71-340, 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81