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Part 14, page 171 DB Cooper-3535 Serials 164-2-0 , SC 164-50 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-789
Document date 7 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.
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR 01 SC CODE
11:00 AM URGENT 12/7/71 VLS
TO SEATLE (164-81)
SAN FRANCISCO (164-2-0
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P
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[guess: C.I. -m]
Sub L
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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING;
EXORTION. OO: SEATLE.
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RE SAN FRANCISCO TEL, DEC. THREE, LAST.
RE SUSPECT [REDACTED] AND NAMES IN RETEL AS RESEMBLING UNSUB:
[REDACTED]
AND WAS INTERVIEWED DEC. SIX, LAST, BY BUAGENTS. HE STATED [REDACTED]
[REDACTED - large block, approximately 6 lines]
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[REDACTED]
BASED ON ABOVE INTERVIEW AND OBSERVATION, [REDACTED] NOT IDENTICAL
WITH UNSUB.
END PAGE ONE
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164-81-789
SEARCHED......INDEXED......
SERIALIZED....FILED....
DEC 7 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-3535
AI notes AI These notes: 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. Commentary by the AI model that transcribed this page. It may bring in context the page itself does not state. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco offices, marked urgent, dated December 7, 1971.
Handwritten annotations, likely routing or classification marks. One appears to read 'Sub L' and another is partially illegible.
Subject line identifying the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, referencing the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on November 24, with the originating office as Seattle.
Body of teletype referencing a prior San Francisco teletype from December 3. A suspect whose name is redacted was identified as resembling the UNSUB and was interviewed on December 6 by Bureau agents. The suspect's statement and additional details are fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions.
Conclusion of the teletype stating that based on the interview and observation, the redacted suspect was determined to be not identical with the UNSUB (Dan Cooper). Marked as end of page one.
FBI Seattle filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on December 7, 1971, under case number 164-81-789.
FBI Vault page reference number for the D.B. Cooper file.
Multiple redaction blocks (b6/b7C exemptions) obscure suspect name and statement details Handwritten notations and stamps present Some microfiche/copy artifacts at top of page Scan order ← p. 170 p. 172 →