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Part 26, page 1 DB Cooper-2541 Serials WF 164-169
Document date 2 December 1971 AI Dates: 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.
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NR001 WF PLAIN
2:54 AM NITEL 12-2-71 ALM
TO DIRECTOR
MOBILE
SEATTLE
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) 1P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND -
SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION, OO:SE.
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RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MOBILE TO WFO DECEMBER ONE
LAST.
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[REDACTED]
b6 DOS/USCIS
b7C DOS
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[guess: Suey]
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT DANGEROUS.
END
DCA.....FBI SE CLR
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SEARCHED......INDEXED......
SERIALIZED....FILED....
DEC 4 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
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164-81- [illegible]
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DB Cooper-2541
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b6
b7C
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Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director, Mobile, and Seattle field offices, sent at 2:54 AM on December 2, 1971.
Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject (UNSUB) on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971. Classified as hijacking and extortion, with Office of Origin in Seattle.
References a telephone call from the Mobile field office to Washington Field Office on December 1, 1971.
Large redacted block with FOIA exemption markings b6 (personal privacy, DOS/USCIS) and b7C (law enforcement privacy, DOS). The content of the telephone call summary has been withheld.
Handwritten signature or routing notation, partially legible, appears to read 'Suey' or similar.
Teletype closing noting the unknown subject is considered dangerous. Clearance line indicates routing through DCA (Washington National) to FBI Seattle.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on December 4, 1971.
Handwritten case file number, partially illegible.
Bates-style page number from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper document collection.
FOIA exemption codes noted in the right margin indicating redactions under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement records (b7C).
Typewritten teletype text is clear and legible Handwritten signature near top-right is partially legible Large redacted block in center of page Scan order p. 2 →