Archive / Parts / Part 13 / Page 154 Memo · SA John L. Ketcham to SAC Seattle re redacted lead · 4 December 1971 · page 2 of 2 AI Type, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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Part 13, page 154 DB Cooper-2961 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-585
Document date 4 December 1971 AI Dates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 13, page 154 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 p. 154 (DB Cooper-2961), Memo, dated 4 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-585 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-13/pages/154
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 12/4/71
FROM : SA [REDACTED] (P)
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
OO: SEATTLE
BUFILE 164-2111
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Sub. P.
[guess: lub]: [guess: Boland] Test Data
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED]
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jlk
(1)
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164-81-585
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED _____
DEC [illegible]
FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2961
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Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form 10. Addressed from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC of the Seattle field office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Case classification is CAA – Hijacking; Extortion, office of origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111.
Handwritten annotation in ink, partially illegible. Appears to reference a sub-file or sub-paragraph designation and possibly a name or routing note.
The body of the memo is almost entirely redacted. Only the fragment 'advised that' is visible, indicating someone provided information to the FBI. Redaction exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D are cited.
Typist initials 'jlk' and copy count '(1)', indicating one copy of this memo was produced.
FBI Seattle field office filing and serialization stamp. The document was indexed and serialized under serial number 164-81-585 in December (exact day illegible).
FBI seal/emblem appears at the bottom left corner of the page.
Bates-style page identifier for the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper document release.
Large redacted blocks obscure most of the memo body Handwritten annotation in upper right is partially illegible Filing stamp at bottom is slightly smudged Scan order ← p. 153 p. 155 →