FBI Portland press release and SAC Mattson cover letter to news media re ransom serial numbers
Document date 28 January 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-93:165-166 Document: FBI Portland press release and SAC Mattson cover letter to news media re ransom serial numbers Id: Cooper-Part-93:165-166 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A165-166 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 93 pp. 165–166 (DB Cooper-41541–41542), Letter, dated 28 Jan 1972, serial PD 164-41-794 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-93%3A165-166
INFORMATION FOR NEWS MEDIA
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Intensive investigation is still being conducted by the FBI and law enforcement to identify and apprehend the individual responsible for hijacking a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 aircraft on the afternoon of November 24, 1971, between Portland and Seattle. This person extorted $200,000 from Northwest Orient Airlines, and all the money was turned over to the hijacker in $20 bills. Serial numbers of all the bills have been recorded, and a list of the serial numbers has been furnished to all banks and police agencies in this area.
Your cooperation is solicited in encouraging your listeners or subscribers to examine $20 bills coming into their possession in substantial numbers or under unusual circumstances and check the serial numbers against the ransom lists on file at banks, police agencies, and the FBI Office.
If you desire a list of the serial numbers, please advise and the list will be immediately furnished to you.
Whatever coverage you are able to give this matter will indeed be appreciated.
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J. L. MATTSON Special Agent in Charge FBI, Portland Division
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164-41-794
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DB Cooper-41541
164-41
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Post Office Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207
January 28, 1972
Gentlemen:
Attached is a memorandum asking for your assistance in again alerting the public to the fact the serial numbers have been recorded of money turned over to the hijacker of the Northwest Orient Airlines aircraft on November 24, 1971.
Thank you for whatever help you are able to give in furnishing this information to the public.
Very truly yours,
J. L. MATTSON Special Agent in Charge FBI, Portland Division
Attachment (1)
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1 - All T.V., and Radio Stations and all Newspapers, Portland, Oregon, FBI Division (23) (1)- Portland (164-41)
NBB:lbt (24)
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DB Cooper-41542 /c. [illegible] - 795
Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-794