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Part 15, page 55 DB Cooper-3855 Serials BT 164-26 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-933
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.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 15, page 55 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 p. 55 (DB Cooper-3855), Airtel, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-933 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-15/pages/55
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/7/71
Transmit the following in ___________
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL
(Priority)
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper;
Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
OO: Seattle
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X- STORY OF HIJAC[K]
SUBSEQUENT BOMBING
OF PLAN[E] [guess: F.]
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E l i m
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Re: [REDACTED]
Reurtel, 12/1/71.
[REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] located [REDACTED]
and advised as follows:
He is [REDACTED]
a short story entitled, [REDACTED]
The plot of the story was that [REDACTED]
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(2) - Seattle (AM)
2 - Butte
AJFM/mhs
(4)
Approved: [signature]
Special Agent in Charge
Sent: _______ M Per _______
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164-81-933
SEARCHED......INDEXED
SERIALIZED....FILED
DEC [illegible] 1971
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DB Cooper-3855
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Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 7, 1971.
Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from Butte field office to Seattle field office regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71.
Handwritten annotation apparently summarizing or cross-referencing the content of the airtel — a story about a hijacking and subsequent bombing of a plane.
Handwritten notation reading 'Elim', likely a routing or processing annotation (possibly short for 'Eliminate' or a name reference).
Body of the airtel referencing a prior teletype from 12/1/71. An individual (name, DOB, and location redacted under b6/b7C) was located and interviewed. He described having written a short story whose title and plot details are redacted. The story apparently involved a hijacking and subsequent bombing of a plane, per the handwritten annotation.
Distribution and approval block showing copies sent to Seattle and Butte offices. Approved by the Special Agent in Charge. Typist initials AJFM/mhs.
File stamp showing case number 164-81-933 with FBI processing stamps indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in December 1971.
Bates-style or vault reference number for the DB Cooper FBI file.
Multiple redacted blocks obscure names, DOB, location, and story details Handwritten annotations in upper right and center-right are partially legible b6/b7C exemption codes noted along right margin Scan order ← p. 54 p. 56 →