TeletypeSAC Seattle to Bureau requesting authority to publish hijacker description and sketch in ALPA Pilot Bulletin29 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 18, page 164

DB Cooper-5497Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1719, WF 164-169

Document date 29 December 1971

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 12/29/71

Transmit the following in ___[handwritten: D/6]___ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority)

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) SAC, WFO (164-169)

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

NORJAK.

RE: WFO TEL DECEMBER TWENTYEIGHT, LAST.

RE: AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C. (ALPA)

REFERENCED TELETYPE SETS FORTH THAT [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] ALPA, INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO PUBLISH b7C INFORMATION CONCERNING CAPTIONED MATTER IN MONTHLY PUBLISHED "PILOT BULLETIN".

BUREAU AUTHORITY IS REQUESTED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING NOTICE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY ISSUE OF PILOT BULLETIN:

ENCLOSED IS AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER WHO EXTORTED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. THIS MAN IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

RACE WHITE, SEX MALE, AGE MID FORTIES, HEIGHT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TO SIX FEET, WEIGHT ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, BUILD AVERAGE TO WELL BUILT, COMPLEXION OLIVE, LATIN APPEARANCE, MEDIUM SMOOTH; HAIR DARK BROWN OR BLACK, NORMAL STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, COMBED BACK, SIDEBURNS, LOW EAR LEVEL; EYES POSSIBLY BROWN. DURING LATTER PART OF FLIGHT PUT ON DARK, WRAP AROUND SUNGLASSES WITH DARK RIMS.

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(1) JSD/slb [handwritten initials] Approved: [handwritten signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent [handwritten: 05] 3/[handwritten: PM] Per [handwritten: 4/14/6]

64-81-1719 DB Cooper-5497 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971—413-138