TeletypeLas Vegas to Director, Portland and Seattle re arrival of hijacked NWA Flight 305 at Reno and crew interviews25 November 1971page 4 of 9
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Part 10, page 348

DB Cooper-1575Serials LV 164-60

Document date 25 November 1971

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LV 164-60 PAGE FOUR

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EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH FELT TYPE PEN AND HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM HIJACKER, ON STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS [REDACTED] SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS HE REQUESTED MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.

THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE [ha]D WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT [el]ECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB. IN RESPONSE [re]RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUOUSLY PROFESSED [com]PLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE [hija]CKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING [prio]R TO LANDING AT SEATTLE.

[pa]GE FOUR

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