Part 13, page 77

DB Cooper-2878Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-548

Document date 3 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 p. 77 (DB Cooper-2878), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-548 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-13/pages/77

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NR003 AQ PLAIN 758PM NITEL 12/3/71 FXH TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: ALBUQUERQUE (149-131) 1P

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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER: NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING: EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE

REURTEL, DECEMBER TWO LAST.

RE: [REDACTED] b6 b7C INVESTIGATION GALLUP AND ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., NEGATIVE TO DATE TO LOCATE [REDACTED] b6 b7C SEATTLE CONDUCT INVESTIGATIO AT [REDACTED] FOR FULL b6 BACKGROUND THIS INDIVIDUAL. CONTACT EMPLOYEES WHO KNEW HIM FOR b7C CURRENT LOCATION AND SET OUT NECESSARY LEADS.

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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] UFAP - GL, OO: SEATTLE [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

THIS CAPTIONED SUBJECT APPREHENDED SPOKANE, WASH., [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] LAST. PHOTO RESEMBLES ARTIST'S CONCEPTION. IF [REDACTED] NOT IN b7C CUSTODY ON DATE INSTANT HIJACKING, SEATTLE HANDLE AS SUSPECT.

UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

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DCA FBI SE

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164-81 - 548 SEARCHED......... INDEXED........ SERIALIZED /M FILED /9 DEC (3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2878

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Teletype routing header from Albuquerque field office to Seattle, sent evening of December 3, 1971. Albuquerque reports that investigation in Gallup and Albuquerque, New Mexico was negative in locating a redacted individual. Requests Seattle conduct a full background investigation at a redacted location and contact employees who knew the individual to determine current location and set out leads. A second suspect, whose name is redacted, was apprehended in Spokane, Washington. His photo resembles the artist's conception of D.B. Cooper. If the individual was not in custody on the date of the hijacking (November 24, 1971), Seattle is instructed to handle him as a suspect. Warning that UNSUB should be considered dangerous. Teletype sign-off with routing codes DCA (Albuquerque division code) and FBI SE (Seattle). FBI Seattle filing stamp showing the document was serialized and filed on December 3, 1971, under case number 164-81-548. Bates number or archival page identifier for the D.B. Cooper FBI Vault release.

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Several redacted blocks (b6/b7C exemptions) obscure names, addresses, and case details

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