TeletypeUrgent teletype Sacramento to Director and Seattle re aerial search of flight route over Sacramento division1 December 19711 page
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Part 12, page 394

DB Cooper-2595Serials 164-2111, SC 164-50, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-447

Document date 1 December 1971

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NR 010 SC C O D E 1010PM URGENT 12-1-71 LCH TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) (IP)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TEL, NOV. THIRTY, LAST, INSTRUCTING SACRAMENTO INSTITUTE SEARCH OF ROUTE TAKEN BY INSTANT AIRCRAFT IN SACRAMENTO DIVISION. IT IS NOTED ABOVE SEARCH INVOLVES DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED MILES OVER TERRAIN INACCESSIBLE OTHER THAN BY AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE. ALL AVENUES THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED IN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR SEARCH. MILITARY ADVISES EITHER BECAUSE OF REGULATIONS OR REIMBURSEMENT CONSIDERATIONS AIRCRAFT UNAVAILABLE TO FBI. THEREFORE, NECESSARY FUNDS MUST BE AUTHORIZED IN ORDER UTILIZE MILITARY OR PRIVATE AIRCRAFT FOR REQUESTED SEARCH. AUTHORITY REQUESTED TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR THIS SEARCH. E N D DCA FBI SE CLR

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164-81-447 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED...M...FILED.../1/ DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2595