OtherFBI San Diego news release re Flight 305 hijacking and ransom bill list23 December 19711 page
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Part 8, page 56

DB Cooper-75Serials SD 164-91, SD 164-91-25

Document date 23 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 8 p. 56 (DB Cooper-75), Other, dated 23 Dec 1971, serial SD 164-91-25 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-08/pages/56

Transcript

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December 23, 1971

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N E W S R E L E A S E

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ROBERT W. EVANS, Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that the list of ransom $20,00 bills paid to the subject in the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines jetliner, has been distributed to banks and other financial institutions.

The subject received a total of $200,000, all $20.00 bills on November 24, 1971 at Seattle, Washington. He parachuted from the aircraft which subsequently landed at Reno, Nevada.

Any person feeling they have received one of the ransom bills, may have the serial number checked thru the San Diego FBI Office.

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1 - SAC EVANS (R & D) 1 - ASAC BROWN (R & D) 1 - SUPERVISOR [redacted] (R & D) 1 - SUPERVISOR [redacted] (R & D) 1 - SUPERVISOR [redacted] (R & D) 1 - Night Clerk (R & D) 1 - [redacted] 164-91 1 - 66-1307

TLK:cnd (8)

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[stamp] SEARCHED SERIALIZED [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] DEC 1971 [handwritten] 164-91-25

DB Cooper-75