TeletypeSeattle to Director and Portland re sample twenty dollar bills from Portland source12 April 19721 page
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Part 109, page 424

DB Cooper-49938Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8935

Document date 12 April 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 109 p. 424 (DB Cooper-49938), Teletype, dated 12 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-8935 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-109/pages/424

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NR018 SE PLAIN 9:42 PM NITEL 4/12/72 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) IP

NORJAK.

RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU MARCH TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYTWO.

[REDACTED] SEATTLE, ADVISES THAT TWO SAMPLE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED THIS DAY FROM [REDACTED] PORTLAND WHO CLAIMS TO HOLD ENTIRE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RANSOM FOR SALE IN LOTS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SERIAL NUMBERS OF TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS OBTAINED ARE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NEITHER BILL LISTED IN BUREAU-KPUBLISHED LIST OF NORJAK RANSOM BILLS. SIMILARLY, NCIC CHECK ON BOTH BILLS NEGATIVE. [REDACTED] ADVISES UNITED STATES TREASURY AGENTS CONFIRM NEITHER SAMPLE BILL BOGUS. [REDACTED] PLANS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND OBTAIN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS FROM THIS SAME LOT AND FURTHER ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE ORIGIN.

SEATTLE MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] WHO ADVISE THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY FURTHER BILLS OBTAINED FROM SAME SOURCE. E N D HOLD PSE DEB FBI WASH DC FOR FOUR TELS

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DB COOPER-49938 164-81- 8935

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