TeletypeSeattle to Director, Portland and Sacramento re Seattle Times article, leads to interview Florence and Ceres20 December 1982page 1 of 2
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Part 47, page 37

DB Cooper-19313Serials PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-8704

Document date 20 December 1982

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 47 p. 37 (DB Cooper-19313), Teletype, dated 20 Dec 1982, serial SE 164-81-8704 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-47/pages/37

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 12/20/82

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FM SEATTLE (164A-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR ROUTINE 04302 (KG) PORTLAND (164A-41) ROUTINE 00182 (GDV) SACRAMENTO ROUTINE 03452 (GC) BT U NCLAS

NORJAK. CAA - HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE.

AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE "SEATTLE TIMES" NEWSPAPER, [REDACTED] STATING THAT ONE [REDACTED] OF [REDACTED] OREGON, HAD BEEN HIRED BY ONE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA; [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THE COLUMBIA RIVER BETWEEN PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE PLANE THAT WAS HIJACKED.

APPARENTLY, ON DECEMBER 16, 1982, [REDACTED] FOUND A NYLON CORD ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CORD UNSUB HAD ON ONE OF THE PARACHUTES. IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] FOUND A PIECE OF CANVAS WHICH, ACCORDING TO

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164A-81-8704

Approved: [signature] Transmitted O11 ABOVE Per [signature] (Number) (Time) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1982 O - 369-895 DB Cooper-19313