TeletypeSacramento to Las Vegas, Reno and Seattle re UNSUB aka Dan Cooper leads3 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 101, page 115

DB Cooper-45568Serials LV 164-60, SC 164-50, SE 164-81

Document date 3 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 p. 115 (DB Cooper-45568), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-101/pages/115

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NR 03 SC CODED 11:37 AM URGENT 12-3-71 LXL TO LAS VEGAS 164-60) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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ON DEC. ONE, LAST, SACRAMENTO AREA GAS STATION OWNER ADVISED A RENO, NEVADA, CAB STOPPED FOR FUEL ELEVEN AM, THANKSGIVING DAY. DRIVER ASKED DIRECTIONS TO MODESTO, CALIF. PASSENGER DESCRIBED AS WMA, THIRTYFIVE YEARS, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, DARK HAIR, HIGH FOREHEAD, CASUAL DRESS. ARTIST CONCEPTION PHOTO DESCRIBED AS RESEMBLING PASSENGER IN CAB.

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ON DEC. TWO, LAST, MODESTO CITIZEN ADVISED OBSERVED NEVADA CAB, DARK BLUE WITH LIGHT BLUE TOP, IN MODESTO TWELVE NOON, NOV. TWENTY- FIVE, LAST, WHICH HAD ADVERTISING SIGN ATTACHED TO REAR OF VEHICLE AND ANOTHER SIGN ATTACHED LENGTHWISE TO ROOF OF CAB. THIS.INDIVIDUAL DESRIBED PASSENGER AS HAVING GENERAL FACIAL FEATURES OF UNSUB BASED ON NEWSPAPER PHOTO.

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[guess: Las] Vegas handling.

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169-81-[illegible]93 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED DEC 3 1971 FBI · SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-45568