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DB Cooper-44965Serials DL 164-191, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-746

Document date 6 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 53 (DB Cooper-44965), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-746 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/53

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NR002 DL PLAIN NITEL DATED 12-6-71 SENT 6:52 AM 12-7-71 JRH TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE (164-81) FROM DALLAS (164-191)

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UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN JET, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE OKLAHOMA CITY TELETYPE NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST.

EARL FELTON WILLIAMS, TWO ONE TWO ONE NORTH HANDLEY, APARTMENT NINE SIX, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WAS INTERVIEWED THIS DATE RE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OR INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING. WILLIAMS DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN INSTANT MATTER AND ADVISED THAT HE ONLY KNEW OF THIS HIJACKING BECAUSE OF THE NEWS MEDIA. WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE IS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS PIANO PLAYER AT "POPPA'S PIZZA PARLOR" IN FORT WORTH WHERE HE WORKS FROM SEVEN PM TO MIDNIGHT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND THAT HIS ATTENDANCE AT WORK ON THE DATE OF THE HIJACKING CAN BE VERIFIED.

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DB COOPER-44965 sub 56 164-81-746 SEARCHED ... SERIALIZED ... FILED ... DEC 7 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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Teletype routing header identifying the message as NR002 DL PLAIN, sent from Dallas field office (case 164-191) to Director and Seattle field office (case 164-81), dated December 6, 1971, sent December 7, 1971. A short handwritten cursive annotation appears in the upper right margin; content is not clearly legible. Subject line identifies the case as an unknown subject (UNSUB) hijacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 jet on November 24, 1971, with CAA charges of hijacking and extortion, with Seattle as the office of origin (OO). In reference to an Oklahoma City teletype from November 30, 1971, Earl Felton Williams of 2121 North Handley, Apartment 96, Fort Worth, Texas was interviewed regarding his knowledge of or involvement in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Williams denied any involvement, stating he only learned of it through news media. He stated he was employed as a piano player at Poppa's Pizza Parlor in Fort Worth, working 7 PM to midnight seven days a week, and that his alibi for the date of the hijacking could be verified. Page one of multi-page teletype. FBI Seattle filing stamp indicating the document was searched, serialized, and filed on December 7, 1971. Assigned serial 164-81-746 under the DB Cooper case, document reference DB COOPER-44965, sub-file 56.

Document is a clean teletype printout with high contrast
Small handwritten annotation in upper right is partially legible
Bottom right stamp is legible with minor ink bleed

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