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Part 12, page 48 DB Cooper-2690 Serials LA 164-497 , SE 164-81-480
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Open in FBI Vault (Part 12, page 48 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 48 (DB Cooper-2690), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-480 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/48
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR332 LA CODT
1033 PM NITEL 12/2/71 DAB
TO PHOENIX
SEATTLE
WASHINGTON FIELD
FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497)
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[REDACTED]
Unsub
[REDACTED]
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source
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE BUAIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES, ELEVEN TWENTYNINE SEVENTYONE.
ON DECEMBER ONE LAST, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED
AS FOLLOWS:
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH ONE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED CI
IN COMPANY OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED — large block]
END PAGE ONE
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164-81- 480
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SEARCHED......... INDEXED
SERIALIZED....... FILED
DEC 3 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2690
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Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Phoenix, Seattle, and Washington Field, transmitted at 10:33 PM on December 2, 1971.
Redacted block at top right with the handwritten word 'Unsub' visible, likely identifying the unknown subject. Exempt under b6, b7C, b7D.
Handwritten cursive annotation reading 'source', likely a routing or classification note.
Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, on November 24, 1971. Case classified as hijacking and extortion with office of origin Seattle.
Body of teletype references a Bureau airtel to all offices dated November 29, 1971. On December 1, a redacted individual telephonically advised the LA office that on November 30 he was in contact with a redacted person who advised a CI (confidential informant) in the company of another redacted individual. Most substantive details are redacted under b6, b7C, b7D exemptions.
Handwritten case file number, likely the Seattle field office file number for this case.
FBI Seattle office filing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on December 3, 1971.
Bates-style page identifier from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper document release.
Multiple redacted (blacked-out) sections obscure names and details Some characters in the teletype header are slightly degraded Handwritten annotations present Scan order ← p. 47 p. 49 →