SAC Las Vegas to Director (ATTN: FBI Laboratory) re D.B. Cooper letter from Reno

Document date 6 December 1971

Part 91page 4011 pageDB Cooper-40800

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Document: Airtel SAC Las Vegas to Director (ATTN: FBI Laboratory) re D.B. Cooper letter from Reno
Id: Cooper-Part-91:401-401
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 401 (DB Cooper-40800), Airtel, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-406 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A401-401

D.B. Cooper LTR RENO No PD LEADS

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12/6/71

AIRTEL AIR MAIL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ATTN: FBI LABORATORY FROM: SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)

SUBJECT: UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 11/24/71 COA - HIJACKING EXTORTION

Re Las Vegas teletype to the Bureau, 12/2/71.

Enclosed for the Laboratory is a note reading, "Plan Ahead for Retirement Income D. B. Cooper", and envelope addressed to "Reno Gazette", Reno, Nevada, postmarked US Postal Service CA, 956, [guess: Dec] 1, 1971, and one set of elimination prints of [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] "Reno Evening Gazette", on 12/12/71, advised [guess: above] described letter had been received at the Gazette in the afternoon mail, 12/2/71. He said that he himself had touched the letter and that another employee, [REDACTED], had handled the letter.

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Post Office, Reno, Nevada, advised that 956 is the Sacramento sector and covers numerous towns.

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[REDACTED] prints have been sent to the Laboratory with previous [guess: maker]. The Laboratory is requested to search note through anonymous letters file and process for latent impressions.

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2 - Bureau (Encs. 3) 2 - Portland (Info) 1 - Seattle (Info) 1 - Sacramento (Info) 2 - Las Vegas JAM:mts (8)

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DB Cooper-40800 164-41-406 INDEXED FILED DEC 13 1971 FBI - PORTLAND

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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C

Serials: LV 164-60, PD 164-41-406