Part 14, page 128

DB Cooper-3490Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-776

Document date 8 December 1971

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 12/8/71

Transmit the following in ___PLAINTEXT___ (Type in plaintext or code) Via ___TELETYPE___ ___[handwritten priority]___ (Priority)

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TO: SACS WFO — [redacted routing] MINNEAPOLIS [redacted routing] PORTLAND [redacted routing]

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

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

RE WFO TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, DECEMBER SIX INSTANT.

RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]

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FOR INFORMATION OF PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS, INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM [REDACTED] (PROTECT) THAT [REDACTED] RESEMBLES COMPOSITE AND [REDACTED]

[LARGE REDACTED BLOCK]

[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, [REDACTED] YEARS OLD, BORN [REDACTED]

MEDIUM HEIGHT, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, THINNING BROWN HAIR, DEEP VOICE, ITALIAN EXTRACTION, HEAVY SMOKER [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] 164-81-776

JSD/djs (1) Approved: ___[signature]___ Sent ___[handwritten]___ M Per ___ Special Agent in Charge

DB Cooper-3490

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Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, dated December 8, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via teletype. Teletype routing from SAC Seattle to SACs at Washington Field Office, Minneapolis, and Portland. Routing notations are handwritten check-marks. A redacted block appears to the right (b6, b7C). Case subject line identifying the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. References a WFO teletype to the Director dated December 6. A suspect name is redacted (b6, b7C). Body of teletype relaying suspect tip information to Portland and Minneapolis offices. A protected source reported that a person resembles the composite sketch. The suspect is described as a white male of medium height, 165 pounds, with thinning brown hair, deep voice, Italian extraction, and a heavy smoker. Name, age, date of birth, and other identifying details are redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions. Approval and filing block. Initiated by JSD/djs, approved by the Special Agent in Charge. File sub-number 164-81-776. FBI Vault reference DB Cooper-3490.

Multiple redacted blocks marked b6, b7C, b7D obscure names, dates of birth, and source identity
Priority marking partially legible under handwritten notation
Routing check-marks on TO line are handwritten

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