TeletypeNITEL San Diego to Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland re source claiming to identify the hijacker14 December 1971page 1 of 5
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Part 54, page 437

DB Cooper-2297Serials LA 164-497, LA 164-497-137, PD 164-41, SD 164-91, SE 164-81, SF 164-220

Document date 14 December 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 54, page 437 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 437 (DB Cooper-2297), Teletype, dated 14 Dec 1971, serial LA 164-497-137 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/437

Transcript

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NR 10 SD PLAIN 10000 PM NITEL 12-14-71 DDC TO SEATTLE 164-81 SAN FRANCISCO 164-220 LOS ANGELES 164-497 PORTLAND 164-41 FROM SAN DIEGO 164-91 6P

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NORJAK

RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN INSTANT, SAID HE IS ALMOST POSITIVE HE KNOWS THE NAME OF PERSON WHO HIJACKED INSTANT PLANE ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. HE REQUESTED ANONYMITY AND THAT HE BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY REWARD MONEY THAT MIGHT BE OFFERED FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE HIJACKER, BASED ON HIS INFORMATION.

HE SAID ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, HE WAS ARTIST CONCEPTION OF THE HIJACKER AT ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPERS AND IT STRUCK HIM AS CLOSELY RESEMBLING A MAN HE KNOWS AS [REDACTED]

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164-497-137 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... 13 DEC 14 1971 ES [initials]

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DB Cooper-2297