Part 53, page 351

DB Cooper-2218Serials PX 164-100

Document date 28 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 351 (DB Cooper-2218), Teletype, dated 28 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/351

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NR 001 PX PLAIN 1159PM 11/28/71 NITEL JDD

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TO BUTTE HONOLULU - VIA WASHINGTON LOS ANGELES OKLAHOMA CITY SEATTLE FROM PHOENIX (164-100)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN, PORTLAND, OREGON, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE SACRAMENTO TEL ELEVEN TWENTYSIX LAST. INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, ADVISED FBI COMPOSITE OF HIJACKER SHOWN ELEVEN TWENTYEIGHT SEVENTYONE, SAN DIEGO UNION NEWSPAPER, PAGE A - SIX, WAS STRONGLY SIMILAR TO FACIAL FEATURES OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] JAW LINE, TOGETHER WITH HIGH FOREHEAD AND HAIRLINE, ARE STRONGLY SIMILAR AND ALMOST IDENTICAL TO COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBJECT. [REDACTED] MOUTH IS SMALL, SIMILAR TO SUBJECT'S. [REDACTED] WAS KNOWN TO ALWAYS WEAR DARK GLASSES. [REDACTED] IS KNOWN [guess: TO] BE [REDACTED]

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Santa Clara [guess: Division]

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SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ 13 NOV 28 1971 GELES DB Cooper-2218/

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Teletype header with transmission number, time, date, and routing codes. Routing block listing recipient FBI field offices and originating office (Phoenix) with case file number 164-100. Subject line identifying the case as the unsolved hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 727 on November 24, 1971, in Portland, Oregon. Civil Aeronautics Act violation. Office of Origin: Seattle. Body of teletype referencing a Sacramento teletype from November 26. A source in California advised the FBI that a composite of the hijacker published in the San Diego Union newspaper on November 28, 1971, page A-6, was strongly similar to a known individual whose name is redacted. Facial features including jaw line, high forehead, hairline, and small mouth are described as strongly similar or almost identical to the composite. The individual was known to always wear dark glasses. Page break indicator marking the end of page one of the teletype. Handwritten annotation, possibly indicating Santa Clara routing or origin. FBI processing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on November 28, 1971. Reference number DB Cooper-2218. FOIA exemption codes annotated in the right margin indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6), source identifying information (b7C), and confidential source (b7D).

Some redacted (blacked out) sections present
Marginal annotations b6, b7C, b7D visible on right side
Handwritten signature and stamps at bottom

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