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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 p. 166 (DB Cooper-3530), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-786 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-14/pages/166
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NR 003 LV CODE
1155 AM URGENT 12-7-71 EB
TO SEATTLE 164-81
PHOENIX
WASHINGTON FIELD
LOS ANGELES 164-497
FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
OO: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE NITEL DECEMBER SIX LAST CONCERNING INFORMATION
FROM [REDACTED]
IT IS NOT FELT THAT INFORMATION FROM SOURCE THAT UNSUB
[REDACTED] AS STATED IN LAS VEGAS TEL
NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX LAST, FAA, RENO, MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH
INSTANT FLIGHT AT FRENCHMAN'S RESERVIOR, CALIFORNIA, TEN THIRTY-
TWO PM. AT THIS POINT FLIGHT TURNED DUE EAST TO THE NEVADA BORDER
AND PROCEEDED DUE EAST TO A POINT TWELVE MILES INSIDE BOUNDARY
OF NEVADA. IT THEN PROCEEDED DIRECTLY SOUTH TO RENO, A DISTANCE
OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MILES. FLIGHT CIRCLED BRIEFLY IN THE
RENO - SPARKS, NEVADA, AREA BEFORE LANDING.
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