Document date 2 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 24 p. 610 (DB Cooper-2651), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-462 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-24/pages/610
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR 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.
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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.
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