AirtelSAC Seattle to Director re Seattle-First National Bank ransom bill serial numbers25 November 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 10, page 459

DB Cooper-1692Serials SE 164-81-58

Document date 25 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 p. 459 (DB Cooper-1692), Airtel, dated 25 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-58 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-10/pages/459

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11/25/71

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AIRTEL AIRMAIL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)

SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION

Re Seattle teletype, 11/25/71.

Enclosed herewith is one box of Recordak Microfilm (developed) for use in a Recordak Reliant 600K microfilm viewer.

On November 25, 1971, [REDACTED] Seattle-First National Bank, 4th and Madison, Seattle, Washington, provided SA [REDACTED] with a microfilm canister containing photographs of the serial numbers of $250,000 worth of notes, in various denominations. [REDACTED] advised that the Bureau should only be concerned with the serial numbers of the $20 bills. The extortion package which was given to the hijacker contained only bills of $20 denomination. [REDACTED] said the microfilm contained the serial numbers of $230,000 of $20 bills. He provided a list of serial numbers of the $20 bills which were on the microfilm, itself, but were not included in the extortion money package which the Unsub received. These $20 bills are packed in packets of 100 bills; and [REDACTED] provided the first and last serial numbers in each of these packets of 100 bills. He advised that these serial numbers

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3 - Bureau (Enc. 1) (1 - hand-carried package by courier) (2)- Seattle PKM:bfr (5)

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Searched...... Serialized...... Indexed...... Filed......

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[guess: CM] 164 - 81 - 58[illegible] FARREL

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DB Cooper-1692

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