Part 101, page 57

DB Cooper-45488Serials SE 164-81-640, WF 164-169

Document date 3 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 p. 57 (DB Cooper-45488), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-640 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-101/pages/57

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DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE DATE 10-23-2024 BY: 3:20AM 12-4-71 DCW

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3:07AM 12-4-71

URGENT 12-3-71 MWM

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TO DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA (MAIL) BUTTE LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS (MAIL) NEWARK NORFOLK (MAIL) PHOENIX (MAIL) RICHMOND (MAIL) SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

ALL OFFFICES VIA WASHINGTON

FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)

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SUSP: [redacted - b3, b6, b7C]

SUB [redacted - b3, b6, b7C]

[Handwritten annotation]: BOEING TECH DATA PARACHUTES

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO:SE.

RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST; SAN FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND WFO DECEMBER TWO LAST; LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO DECEMBER TWO, LAST; WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER THREE INSTANT; NEWARK TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND OTHERS DECEMBER THREE INSTANT.

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END PAGE ONE

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164-81-[guess: 640] SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED MM FILED [illegible] DEC 04 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [handwritten initials/signature illegible]

DB COOPER-45488

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Declassification authority header indicating the document was declassified under the FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, dated 10-23-2024, referencing the original transmission time of 3:20AM on 12-4-71 by operator initialed DCW. Teletype transmission timestamps: received at 3:07AM on December 4, 1971; marked URGENT and originated on December 3, 1971, by operator initialed MWM. Routing block of the teletype listing all recipient FBI field offices and headquarters. Sent from Washington Field office, case file 164-169, consisting of seventeen pages total. Note: 'OFFFICES' is a typo in the original document. Redacted suspect (SUSP) and sub-source (SUB) name fields, withheld under FOIA exemptions b3, b6, and b7C. A handwritten annotation reads 'BOEING TECH DATA PARACHUTES', suggesting this teletype page relates to parachute technical data from Boeing pertinent to the hijacking investigation. Subject line identifies the case as an unknown subject (UNSUB) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971, classified as CAA hijacking and extortion, with the office of origin being Seattle (OO:SE). The body paragraph lists prior communications referenced by this teletype, spanning from November 29 through December 3, 1971, from Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles (NITEL), WFO, and Newark field offices. Page termination marker indicating this is the end of page one of the seventeen-page teletype. FBI Seattle filing stamps confirming the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on December 4, 1971. Includes a case sub-file number 164-81-640 and the document identifier DB COOPER-45488.

Document is a teletype with clear typewritten text
Several redactions present (b3, b6, b7C FOIA exemptions) obscuring suspect name and sub-source name
Handwritten annotation in center-right area is legible
Filing stamps in lower-right are partially legible
Case number stamp partially handwritten and legible

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