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Part 14, page 245 DB Cooper-3612 Serials AT 164-254 , SE 164-81-821
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 245 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 14 p. 245 (DB Cooper-3612), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-821 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-14/pages/245
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
E AT PLAIN
525 .-AM URGENT 12/06/71 MWS
TO DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
JACKSONVILLE -
TAMPA
FROM ATLANTA 164-254
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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. THREE
ZERE FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE,
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO SEATTLE.
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RE SAVANNAH TELETYPE TO ATLANTA DECEMBER SIX SEVENTYONE.
[REDACTED - b6/b7C]
[REDACTED] INTERVIEWED AT LENGTH CONCERNING ACTIVITIES [REDACTED]
[REDACTED - b6/b7C]
END PAGE ONE
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164-81-821
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED _AM_ FILED _M/_
DEC [stamp] 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-3612
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Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:25 AM on December 6, 1971 from the Atlanta field office (file 164-254) to the Director, Seattle, Jacksonville, and Tampa offices.
Subject line identifying the case as the Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971, classified as CAA-Hijacking and Extortion with Office of Origin Seattle.
Body of the teletype references a prior Savannah teletype to Atlanta dated December 6, 1971. Large portions are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy). The visible text indicates someone was interviewed at length concerning their activities. The rest of the content is fully redacted.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in December 1971 under file number 164-81-821.
FBI Vault page reference number for the D.B. Cooper FOIA release.
Large redacted (blacked-out) blocks obscure portions of the text FOIA exemption markers b6 and b7C visible in right margin Scan order ← p. 244 p. 246 →