Archive / Parts / Part 13 / Page 78 Teletype · Portland to Seattle re Dan Cooper suspect lead · 3 December 1971 · page 1 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 78 DB Cooper-2879 Serials 164-21 , PD 164-41 , SE 164-81-549
Document date 3 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 78 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 13 p. 78 (DB Cooper-2879), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-549 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-13/pages/78
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NR 225 PD PLAIN
9:13 PM URGENT 12-3-71 LJO
TO: SEATTLE (164-21)
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 2P
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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE
ZERO FIVE, ETC. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO PORTLAND, NOVEMBER THIRTY, SEVENTY ONE,
AND PORTLAND TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN P.M. DECEMBER
ONE, SEVENTY ONE.
ON DECEMBER TWO, SEVENTY ONE, [REDACTED]
ADVISED HE HAD GIVEN THIS MATTER ADDITIONAL THOUGHT AFTER
BEING CONTACTED AND RECALLS [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] ALLEGEDLY FITS DESCRIPTION
OF UNSUB WITH EXCEPTION HE IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET ELEVEN INSTEAD
OF SIX FEET.
END PAGE ONE
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164-81-549
CLASSIFIED... INDEXED...
SERIALIZED... FILED...
DEC 3 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2879
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Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-21), sent at 9:13 PM on December 3, 1971.
Subject line identifying the case as the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, classified under CAA hijacking and extortion, with Seattle as office of origin.
References prior teletypes between Seattle and Portland dated November 30 and December 1, 1971. On December 2, 1971, a redacted individual advised they had given the matter additional thought after being contacted and recalls additional information (redacted).
A redacted individual allegedly fits the description of the UNSUB (unidentified subject, i.e., D.B. Cooper) with the exception that the person is approximately five feet eleven inches tall instead of six feet.
FBI Seattle office filing stamp dated December 3, 1971, with case serial number and processing annotations.
Bates-style page numbering stamp for the DB Cooper FBI Vault release.
Typewritten teletype with some degraded characters typical of microfilm/photocopy Multiple redacted (blacked-out) sections obscure names and details FOIA exemption markers b6, b7C, b7D visible in margins Scan order ← p. 77 p. 79 →