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12/7/71
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AIRTEL AIRMAIL
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper;
Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
OO: Seattle
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Re: [REDACTED] b6
b7C
Reurtel, 12/1/71.
[REDACTED], DOB [REDACTED], located [REDACTED], b6
Montana, and advised as follows: b7C
He is [REDACTED] b6
b7C
a short story entitled, [REDACTED]
The plot of the story was that [REDACTED] b6
b7C
[LARGE REDACTED BLOCK]
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2 - Seattle (AM)
1 - Butte
AJFM/mhs
(4)
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164-81-9[33?]
[initials: Jm? Jm?]
FC[illegible]
[signature/initial]
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DB COOPER-45117
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Date of the AIRTEL communication.
Standard FBI AIRTEL header. Sent from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle. Subject is the UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, related to the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified as CAA Hijacking and Extortion, with origin office Seattle.
Body of the AIRTEL references a prior teletype of 12/1/71. Reports on an individual (name, DOB, and location redacted under b6/b7C) located in Montana who was interviewed and advised the agents. The individual had written a short story whose title and plot are redacted. The plot content and a large block of following text are fully redacted.
Standard FBI distribution notation: 2 copies to Seattle (Airmail), 1 copy retained by Butte. Initialed by AJFM/mhs. Total of 4 copies indicated.
FBI routing/serialization stamp from Seattle field office. Case number 164-81 with sub-serial approximately 933. Includes reviewer initials and what appears to be a file control notation.
FBI Vault document identifier stamp for the D.B. Cooper case file.
Document is clear and well-preserved Numerous FOIA redactions (b6, b7C exemptions) obscure key content Two large block redactions in body of memo Stamp in lower right partially legible