Part 100, page 177

DB Cooper-45120Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-368

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 177 (DB Cooper-45120), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-368 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/177

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NR017 SE PLAIN 4:00PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO BUTTE FROM SEATTLE (164-81) IP

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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE: [REDACTED b6/b7C]

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ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE [REDACTED b6/b7C], SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ADVISED SGT. [REDACTED b6/b7C], SPOKANE POLICE DEPART- MENT, THAT HE HAD READ A BOOK BY [REDACTED b6/b7C], [REDACTED b6/b7C], MONTANA, WHICH WAS UNPUBLISHED FICTION AND DESCRIBED HI- JACKING VERY SIMILAR TO INSTANT HIJACKING.

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BUTTE AT MISSOULA. INTERVIEW [REDACTED b6/b7C] CONCERNING BOOK AND HI- JACKING.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

END

TMT FBI BT CLR

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DB COOPER-45120 [REDACTED b6/b7C] 164-81-368

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Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:00 PM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Butte field office. Subject line identifying the case: UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971. Classified as CAA Hijacking/Extortion. Origin Office: Seattle. RE field contains a redacted name. On November 29, 1971, a redacted individual in Spokane, Washington, advised a Spokane Police Department sergeant that he had read an unpublished fiction book by a redacted author from Montana, which described a hijacking very similar to the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Action instruction directing the Butte field office to interview the redacted individual at Missoula concerning the book and the hijacking. Subject considered armed and dangerous. Message ends with standard teletype closing codes TMT and FBI BT CLR. Document index stamps: DB Cooper file reference number 45120 and handwritten case sub-file number 164-81-368, with a redacted field under b6/b7C exemptions.

Document is a typed teletype message with good contrast
Multiple fields redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C
Two circular punch-hole marks visible at top
Handwritten case number at bottom: 164-81-368

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