Part 29, page 393

Document date 18 January 1973

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 29 p. 393 (DB Cooper-10489), Teletype, dated 18 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-1361 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-29/pages/393

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NO (164-136) PAGE TWO

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OVER WASHINGTON OR OREGON APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO AT WHICH TIME TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS WAS OBTAINED UNDER THREAT TO BLOW UP BLANE." WHEN QUERIED BY [REDACTED] AS TO HOW A HIJACKER COULD ESCAPE FROM SUCH A PLANE [REDACTED] STATED THAT PLANE WOULD BE SLOWED TO ALMOST STALLING SPEED AND EXIT WOULD BE MADE THROUGH REAR EXIT OF BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN. [REDACTED] MADE STATEMENT THAT HE PREVIOUSLY HAD TRAINING AS A PARATROOPER. [REDACTED] STATED [REDACTED] APPEARED TO BE VERY CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT BE SUSPECT IN MATTER.

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[REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE; BORN [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SIX FEET; ONE SEVEN FIVE DASH ONE EIGHT ZERO LBS.: BROWN HAIR; BLUE EYES; SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER [REDACTED] FBI NUMBER [REDACTED] AND IDENTIFICATION RECORDS REFLECT [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-10489

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Teletype page header with case/serial number 164-136, indicating this is page two of a multi-page message. Continuation of a report describing an individual discussing the D.B. Cooper hijacking over Washington or Oregon, in which $200,000 in $20 bills was obtained under threat to blow up a plane. The individual explained how a hijacker could escape by slowing the Boeing 727 to near stalling speed and exiting through the rear exit. The individual stated he had prior paratrooper training and appeared very concerned that he might be a suspect in the matter. Physical description of the individual discussed: white male, six feet tall, 175-180 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes. Date of birth, Social Security number, FBI number, and identification records are all redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. End-of-page marker indicating this is the conclusion of page two of the teletype. Bates stamp or archival reference number applied to the page for the D.B. Cooper FBI Vault file.

Multiple redaction blocks present (b6/b7C FOIA exemptions)
Typewritten text is clearly legible
Some redacted fields obscure names, dates, and identifying numbers

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