Urgent teletype Seattle to San Francisco re photograph and ship assignment of James D. Booth

Document date 1 December 1971

Part 99pages 54–552 pagesDB Cooper-44481–44482

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Document: Urgent teletype Seattle to San Francisco re photograph and ship assignment of James D. Booth
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 99 pp. 54–55 (DB Cooper-44481–44482), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-334 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-99%3A054-055

NR029 SE PLAIN 11:41AM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SE- ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

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RE: SUSPECT JAMES D. BOOTH.

BOOTH IS BEING CONSIDERED A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE AS HIS APPEAR- ANCE MEETS THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HIJACKER.

INVESTIGATION AT SEATTLE REVEALS BOOTH'S WHEREABOUTS AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, HE IS A LICENSED MERCHANT SEAMAN, Z NO. SIX THREE NINE ONE TWO SIX, WITH SOCIAL SECURITY NO. FOUR SEVEN THREE TWO TWO FIVE SIX NINE ONE. BOTH WAS BORN DECEMBER ONE, NINETEEN TWENTYSEVEN AT DULUTH, MINN. AND WAS ISSUED HIS Z NO. IN SF IN NINETEEN FOURTYNINE. BOOTH WAS ISSUED A CHIEF ENGINEERS LICENSE IN SF IN JUNE SIXTYNINE. BOTH LICENSES HAVE BEEN RENEWED AT SEATTLE, HOWEVER NO PHOTO AVAILABLE. END PAGE ONE

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Sub 69 164-81-334

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DB COOPER-44481

PAGE TWO 164-81

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- SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANISCO FURNISH SEATTLE WITH MOST RE- CENT PHOTO OF BOOTH AND ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE HIS CURRENT SHIP AS- SIGNMENT ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. END

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AKEH FBI SAN FRANCISCO

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DB COOPER-44482

Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-334