Portland to Director and offices discontinuing leads on Joseph Henry Johnston

Document date 26 November 1971

Part 97page 3211 pageDB Cooper-43870

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Document: Teletype Portland to Director and offices discontinuing leads on Joseph Henry Johnston
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 321 (DB Cooper-43870), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-97 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-97%3A321-321

NR001 VA CODE 12 :54AM 11-27-71 DCW 9:14 PM URGENT 11-26-71 RMB TO: DIRECTOR SEATTLE CLEVELAND MINNEAPOLIS CINCINNATI LITTLE ROCK MEMPHIS JACKSON BIRMINGHAM FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) ------ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON------

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UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.

RE CLEVELAND TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES TWENTYSIXTH INSTANT RE SUSPECT - 'JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON. MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE HAS SHOWN PHOTO OF JOHNSTON TO AIRLINE CREW WITNESSES WHO DO NOT FEEL HE IS IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER. SEATTLE K OWS JOHNSTONS LOCATION IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE DISCONTINUE LEADS RE JOHNSTON. END DCA FBI SEATTE CLR

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164-81- Sub SEARCHED _____ INDEXED_____ SERIALIZED_____ FILED_____ NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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164-81-97 DB COOPER-43870

Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-97