TeletypeDaily teletype SAC Seattle to Director and Minneapolis re Air National Guard helicopter search (copy)13 January 1972page 1 of 2
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Part 18, page 484

DB Cooper-5818Serials 164-2111, MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1890

Document date 13 January 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 18 p. 484 (DB Cooper-5818), Teletype, dated 13 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1890 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-18/pages/484

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1/13/72

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TELETYPE NITEL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) & SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) DAILY TELETYPE

FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

NORJAK.

TWO FOUR-MAN HELICOPTERS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, PORTLAND, OREGON, WITH TWO BUREAU AGENTS AS OBSERVERS, WERE UTILIZED TODAY AND FLEW FROM POINT A TO POINT B ON THE REVISED MAP OF THE DROP AREA SUPPLIED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES. THEY ALSO COVERED THE ENTIRE AREA SOUTH FROM LINE A-B TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE POSSIBLE DROP AREA WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.

IT APPEARS THAT THE TERRITORY IN THE GENERAL AREA OF LINE A-B IS VIRGIN TIMBER AND COULD BE SEARCHED ON FOOT.

THE SAME HELICOPTER WHICH WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MONDAY WILL ON THAT DAY, WEATHER PERMITTING, SEARCH THE AREA NORTH OF LINE A-B.

BUREAU PERSONNEL TODAY ARE DRIVING THE AREA BY BUREAU CAR TO DETERMINE ROADS AVAILABLE WHICH WILL FACILITATE THE FUTURE SEARCH ON FOOT.

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164-81-1890

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DB Cooper-5818