TeletypeUrgent teletype San Francisco to Seattle and WFO re merchant seaman records on James D. Booth2 December 19711 page
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Part 24, page 608

DB Cooper-2649Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-462, SF 164-220

Document date 2 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 24 p. 608 (DB Cooper-2649), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-462 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-24/pages/608

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NO 009 SF PLAIN 3:32PM URGENT 12/2/71 MAH TO: SEATTLE (164-81) WASHINGTON FIELD FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) 2P

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,

NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA-HIJACKING;EXTORTION.

RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO SAN FRANCISCO DECEMBER ONE, LAST.

REFERENCED TELETYPE ADVISES AS FOLLOWS:

RE SUSPECT JAMES D. BOOTH.

BOOTH IS BEING CONSIDERED A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE AS HIS APPEARANCE MEETS THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HIJACKER.

INVESTIGATION AT SEATTLE REVEALS BOOTH'S WHEREABOUTS AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, HE IS A LICENSED MERCHANT SEAMAN, Z NUMBER SIX THREE NINE ONE TWO SIX, WITH SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FOUR SEVEN THREE TWO TWO FIVE SIX NINE ONE. BOOTH WAS BORN DECEMBER ONE, NINETEEN TWENTY-SEVEN, AT DULUTH, MINNESOTA, AND WAS ISSUED HIS Z NUMBER IS SAN FRANCISCO IN NINETEEN FORTYNINE. BOOTH WAS ISSUED A CHIEF ENGINEERS LICENSE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN JUNE, SIXTYNINE. BOTH LICENSES HAVE BEEN RENEWED AT SEATTLE, HOWEVER, NO PHOTO AVAILABLE. END PAGE ONE

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164-81 - 462 CORRELATED EXCISED CORREL 12/3/71 FILED DEC 02 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2649