TeletypeUrgent teletype Portland to Seattle re anonymous cut-and-paste letter to Sky Marshals22 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 17, page 156

DB Cooper-4987Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1489

Document date 22 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 p. 156 (DB Cooper-4987), Teletype, dated 22 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1489 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-17/pages/156

Transcript

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NR 009 PD PLAIN 3:55 PM URGENT 12-22-71 LJP TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P) 1P

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[REDACTED] PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FURNISHED ANONYMOUS LETTER MAILED AT PORTLAND 12/16/71 AND ADDRESSED TO "SKY MARSHALLS PORTLAND AIRPORT". LETTER WAS SLIP OF PAPER UPON WHICH FOLLOWING MESSAGE IN LETTERS CLIPPED FROM [guess: NEWSPAPER] MOUNTED WITH SCOTCH TAPE: "D.B. COOPER CONFIDENTIAL [REDACTED] BASED UPON ASSUMPTION LETTER SUGGESTS [REDACTED] AS SUSPECT, P[guess: OR]TLAND CHECKED INDICES, METROPOLITAN AREA CITY AND TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, RECORDS OF PORTLAND PD AND MULTNOMAH COUNTY SO, ALL WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. SUGGEST SEATTLE DO SAME INVESTIGATION THAT AREA. XEROX COPIES OF LETTER BEING FORWARDED SEATTLE BY MAIL.

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END RECD FIVE VA3 FBI SEATTLE CLP

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164-81 - 1489 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED..../[guess: 77]1....FILED...... DEC 22 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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[illegible handwritten annotation, partially reads:] lead [illegible] to [illegible] [guess: attempt] to [guess: steal]

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DB Cooper-4987