Part 15, page 81

DB Cooper-3883Serials KC 164-80, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-948

Document date 7 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 p. 81 (DB Cooper-3883), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-948 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-15/pages/81

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12/7/71

PLAINTEXT TELETYPE IMMEDIATE

TO: OKLAHOMA CITY FROM: KANSAS CITY (164-80)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO SEATTLE. RE: [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] BEARS STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB. [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] EYES, BROWN HAIR, SIX FEET, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE, SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER [REDACTED]

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(1) - SEATTLE (AM) (164-81) AHL;MH (2)

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164 81 -948 SEARCHED ..... INDEXED ..... SERIALIZED [guess: /M] FILED [guess: /M] DFC 0. 1971 [illegible] DB Cooper-3883

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Teletype header showing date, routing from Kansas City (file 164-80) to Oklahoma City, marked PLAINTEXT and IMMEDIATE priority. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, classified as CAA-Hijacking and Extortion, Office of Origin Seattle. The RE field is redacted under b6/b7C. Body of the teletype reporting that an unidentified source advised that a person bears strong resemblance to the artist's conception of the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper). The person is described as a white male American with brown hair, six feet tall, 175 pounds. Name, date of birth, eye color, and Social Security number are redacted under b6/b7C. Distribution notation indicating one copy to Seattle (file 164-81) sent by airmail, with clerk initials AHL;MH and 2 copies. FBI filing stamps showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in December 1971. Case tracking number DB Cooper-3883 visible at bottom right.

Multiple redaction bars (b6/b7C exemptions) obscure names, personal identifiers, and other private information
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