Document date 5 May 1978AIDates: 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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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 424 (DB Cooper-16525), Teletype, dated 5 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7883 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/424
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
VZCZCHQO 030
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DE. HQ 0030 1250315
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R 050424Z MAY 78
FM DIRECTOR, FBI /64-2111
TO ALL FBI FIELD OFFICES ROUTINE
BT
UNCLAS
NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE
CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE
PRESS:
"A LONE WHITE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT
NUMBER 305 AT PORTLAND, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971. AT
APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CON-
TAINED A BOMB WHICH WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS
WERE MET.
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES IN
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DB Cooper-16525