TeletypeDaily teletype SAC Seattle to Director re extortion letters and aerial search1 December 1971page 2 of 3
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Part 12, page 16

DB Cooper-2644Serials SE 164-81

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 16 (DB Cooper-2644), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-4186 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/16

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SE 164-81

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THE PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION AND STATED THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. BOTH LETTERS WERE POSTMARKED VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, PM, NOVEMBER THIRTY, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.

A FIXED WING AIRCRAFT WAS UTILIZED TO COVER AN AREA FROM WOODLAND, WASHINGTON FORTY MILES NORTH TO SILVER LAKE, WASHINGTON, IN COWLITZ COUNTY AND TWENTY MILES IN AN EASTERLY AND WESTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE MILES WAS COVERED IN THIS SEARCH WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND IT WAS NOTED THAT IT CONSISTS MAINLY OF EXTREMELY ROUGH TERRAIN WITH A NUMBER OF LOGGING ROADS IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION.

THE PORTLAND OFFICE ADVISED TODAY THEY HAD CHECKED A NUMBER OF QUOTE LOOK ALIKES ENQUOTE BASED ON PUBLICITY. NO POSITIVE RESULTS. PORTLAND ARRANGED FOR MORE THOROUGH AIRCRAFT SEARCH BETWEEN EUGENE AND MEDFORD, OREGON. PORTLAND HAS DISTRIBUTED RANSOM LIST TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BANKS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS, LIQUOR STORES, SELECTED MOTELS AND HOTELS.

SACRAMENTO ADVISED THEY HAVE ISSUED APB, SETTING FORTH DETAILS; PERTINENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COVERING ROUTE ARE COGNIZANT. LIAISON WITH HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES ALONG ROUTE OF FLIGHT BEING ESTABLISHED.

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DB Cooper-2644