Part 18, page 78

DB Cooper-5411Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1693

Document date 5 January 1972

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

FBI

Date: 1/5/72

Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code) Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority)

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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-) DAILY TELETYPE NORJAK.

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[REDACTED] NAMED AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] b6 b7C SOURCE, LOCATED AT [REDACTED] b7D

REVIEW OF PASSPORT OFFICE RECORDS AT SEATTLE UNABLE TO LOCATE RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] BY PASSPORT NUMBER. b7C

[REDACTED] NORTHWEST b6 AIRLINES, ARRIVED IN SEATTLE THIS DATE WITH INSTANT b7C AIRCRAFT.

CONFERENCE HELD WITH [REDACTED] AND PLANS b6 MADE FOR DROPPING OF DUMMY FROM AIRCRAFT DURING TEST b7C FLIGHT ON JANUARY SIX NEXT. DUMMY BEING PREPARED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL TO AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE SIMULATE CONDITIONS AS THEY WERE BELIEVED TO EXIST WHEN UNSUB LEFT AIRCRAFT.

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JSD:klb (2) [initials] 164-81-1693

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent 9:13 PM Per [initials] DB Cooper-5411

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Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 5, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, classified as a daily teletype under the NORJAK case. A redacted individual was named as a possible suspect. A review of passport office records in Seattle failed to locate a matching record. A Northwest Airlines representative arrived in Seattle with the actual aircraft. A conference was held and plans made to drop a dummy from the aircraft during a test flight on January 6, prepared by Northwest Airlines and Air Force personnel to simulate conditions believed to have existed when the unidentified subject (UNSUB) left the aircraft. Administrative footer showing typist initials (JSD:klb), serial number 164-81-1693, approval by Special Agent in Charge, sent at 9:13 PM. Document tracking number DB Cooper-5411.

Multiple redacted blocks obscure names and identifiers
FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D visible in right margin

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