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Part 14, page 207 DB Cooper-3571 Serials BT 164-26 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-80
Document date 6 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 14, page 207 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 p. 207 (DB Cooper-3571), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-80 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-14/pages/207
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PNR 004 BT PLAIN
4:37 PM URGENT 12-6-71 LKS
TO SEATTLE (164-81)
SAN FRANCISCO
DENVER
FROM BUTTE (164-26) (P) 6P
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UNSUB.; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
OO: SEATTLE.
RE PHOENIX NITEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST.
RE SUSPECT FNU [REDACTED]
REFERENCED TEL STATED [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] WMA, AGE
[REDACTED] FIVE FEET TEN, ONE EIGHTFIVE LBS., BROWN CREW CUT
HAIR, RUDDY COMPLEXION, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
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END PAGE ONE
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164-81 -80
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___
DEC 6 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-3571
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Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Seattle, San Francisco, and Denver. Sent urgently on December 6, 1971.
Subject line identifies the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject (UNSUB), Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24. References a Phoenix night teletype from December 4 regarding a suspect whose name is redacted.
Physical description of a suspect: white male adult, 5 feet 10 inches, 185 pounds, brown crew cut hair, ruddy complexion. Name, age, and additional details are redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exemptions.
Page break marker indicating this is page one of a multi-page teletype.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated December 6, 1971, with case number 164-81-80.
Bates-style reference number for the DB Cooper FBI Vault collection.
Several redacted (blacked-out) sections obscure names, ages, and other personal details Exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D noted in right margin indicating privacy redactions Scan order ← p. 206 p. 208 →