Document date 4 December 1971AIDates: 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.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 p. 239 (DB Cooper-3078), Teletype, dated 4 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-619 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-13/pages/239
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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NR004 BT PLAIN
11:05 PM URGENT 12-4-71 ALH
TO DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SEATTLE (164-81)
MINNEAPOLIS
PORTLAND
FROM BUTTE (164-26)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE,CAA -
HIJACKING, EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE SUSPECT [REDACTED] AKA.
RE BUTTE TEL BUREAU DECEMBER THREE LAST AND SEATTLE TELEPHONE
CALL BUTTE DECEMBER FOUR, INSTANT.
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[REDACTED] ON OUTSKIRTS
[REDACTED] CLOSE NEIGHBOR, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] CLOSED ONE P.M. UNTIL MONDAY NEXT.
[REDACTED] RESIDES [REDACTED] APARTMENT COMPLEX. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] LICENSE PLATE PARKED OUTSIDE TODAY. TWO NEIGHBORS, BOTH
[REDACTED] NOT AVAILABLE. REMAINING NEIGHBOR
[REDACTED] BELIEVED RELIABLE AND IN-
TERVIEWED. CASUALLY KNOWS [REDACTED] BUT CANNOT DEFINITELY STATE [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] NIGHT OF HIJACKING.