Part 100, page 216

DB Cooper-45165Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-279

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 216 (DB Cooper-45165), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-279 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/216

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NR007 SE PLAIN 11:00AM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SE- ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS OF NOVEMBER THIRTY, SEVENTYONE, AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D], [REDACTED], WASHINGTON, APPEARED AT THE YAKIMA, WASHINGTON PO- LICE DEPARTMENT AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD INFORMATION CONCERNING PER- SON WHO HIJACKED CAPTIONED AIRPLANE. [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED BY FBI AGENT AND FURNISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME RON WHITE WHOM [REDACTED] STATES IS A HELICOPTER DASH CROP DUSTER PILOT WHO RESIDES IN THE SALEM, OREGON, AREA. PHOTOGRAPH BEARS VERY STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING OF UNSUB. [REDACTED b6/b7C/b7D] STATES

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DB COOPER-45165 164-81-Sub. 70 279

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Teletype routing header identifying this as an urgent message sent at 11:00 AM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office (164-81) to Portland field office (164-41). Case caption identifying the subject as UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971, classified as CAA-Hijacking and Extortion. Origin Office (OO) is Seattle. During the late evening of November 30, 1971, a redacted individual from Washington appeared at the Yakima, WA Police Department claiming to have information about the hijacker. The individual was interviewed by an FBI agent and provided a photograph of a man named RON WHITE, described as a helicopter/crop duster pilot residing in the Salem, Oregon area. The photograph reportedly bears a strong resemblance to the FBI artist conception drawing of the UNSUB. The message ends mid-sentence at page break. FBI filing stamps at bottom right: DB Cooper case reference number 45165, file 164-81, sub-file 70, serial 279.

Document is a teletype in all-caps typewriter font, clearly legible
Multiple redacted blocks present (b6, b7C, b7D exemptions)
Two filled black circular stamps/markers visible at top of page
Minor skew/scan artifacts but text is fully readable

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