TeletypeDaily teletype SAC Seattle to Director re extortion letters and aerial search1 December 1971page 1 of 3
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Part 12, page 15

DB Cooper-2643Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4186

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 15 (DB Cooper-2643), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-4186 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/15

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI Date: 12/1/71

Transmit the following in _______________ (Type in plaintext or code)

Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority)

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DAILY TELETYPE

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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(-P-)

"CHANGED" UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

OO: SE

TITLE CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE NAME BY WHICH TICKET WAS PURCHASED BY THE HIJACKER AT PORTLAND, OREGON.

INVESTIGATION IN COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, CONSISTED OF DOOR TO DOOR CANVAS FROM WOODLAND, WASHINGTON NORTH TO KALAMA, WASHINGTON VICINITY, COVERING EVERY AVAILABLE ROAD WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.

FOUR LETTERS RECEIVED AT WOODLAND, WASHINGTON CITY HALL, DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, ONE OF WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF LETTER CUT FROM NEWSPAPERS OR MAGAZINES AND STATED AS FOLLOWS:

QUOTE. AM LEAVING AREA MONDAY. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. COOPER. ENQUOTE.

ANOTHER ENVELOPE WHICH WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WHICH CONTAINED A SECOND NOTE WAS ALSO RECEIVED TODAY AND IN THIS WAS A LETTER IN WHICH HE APOLOGIZED FOR SENDING THE

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CEF:klb (2) Approved: ________ Sent >:20 PM Per 0 [guess: UR] Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-2643