TeletypeUrgent teletype Portland to Seattle re pressure bump and possible delayed jump/landing point (164-81-322)30 November 19711 page
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Part 12, page 166

DB Cooper-2302Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-322

Document date 30 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 166 (DB Cooper-2302), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-322 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/166

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

FBI

Date: 11/30/71

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

Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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[handwritten] Serb E cc: SEARCH [handwritten] sub. p.

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TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)

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

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SE

FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PORTLAND IN CONDUCTING SEARCH IN THIS MATTER, [REDACTED] NW, MINNEAPOLIS, IN A CONVERSATION WITH THIS OFFICE ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PASSING INFORMATION ON TO US BASED ON THE QUOTE PRESSURE BUMP ENQUOTE INDICATING THAT THE MAN HAD JUMPED NORTH OF PORTLAND. HE SAID IT WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE MAN DID NOT JUMP WHEN THIS PRESSURE BUMP TOOK PLACE. IT WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT HE SAT ON THE END OF THE STAIRS TO CHECK OUT HIS REFERENCE POINTS BEFORE HE JUMPED. IF HE DID THIS FOR EVEN A SHORT TIME, HE COULD HAVE EASILY LANDED ACROSS THE RIVER IN OREGON. HE POINTED OUT IN THIS CONNECTION THAT THERE IS AN AURORA FIELD NEAR DONALD, OREGON.

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PRB:klb (1) [handwritten initials]

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164-81- 322 -

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Approved: ______ Special Agent in Charge Sent 6 [illegible] P M Per [initials]

DB Cooper-2302

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