TeletypeNew Haven to Director and Los Angeles re Flight 305 hijacking lead2 December 1971page 1 of 2
teletypeLegibility: medium

Part 54, page 256

DB Cooper-22721Serials 164-437-55

Document date 2 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 256 (DB Cooper-22721), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial 164-437-55 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/256

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NR011 NH PLAIN 427AM 12/2/71 SENT PM URGENT 12-1- [redacted] TO: DIRECT [redacted] D LOS ANGELES FROM: NEW HAVEN

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UNSUB [redacted] FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE.

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AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE FIFTEEN P.M. EST. DECEMBER ONE, INSTANT, SA [REDACTED] NEW HA[VEN] RECEIVED A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALL FROM ONE [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] FORMERLY KNEW [REDACTED] WHEN SA [REDACTED] ASSIGNED THERE AND [REDACTED] RESIDED THERE. [REDACTED] STATED, WITHOUT FURTHER IDENTIFYING, HE KNEW A WOMAN IN THE [REDACTED] AREA WHO BELIEVED THE UNSUB MIGHT BE [REDACTED]. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FORTYS', SIX FEET ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS, SLIM BUILD, [REDACTED] HAIR, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SEATTLE AREA, REPORTEDLY SUBJECT OF SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN LOS ANGELES AREA. END PAGE ONE

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164- 437 -55 SEARCHED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] 13 DEC [redacted] 1971 [illegible] LES DB Cooper-22721

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