TeletypeDirector to Seattle denying $1,600 for newspaper publication of ransom serial numbers14 December 19711 page
teletypeLegibility: high

Part 63, page 240

DB Cooper-26669Serials 164-8

Document date 14 December 1971

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NR047 VA PLAIN 6:14PM NITEL 12-14-71 LMR TO SEATTLE FROM DIRECTOR 1P

NORJAK.

RE SEATTLE TELETYPE DECEMBER FOURTEEN LAST REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO EXPEND UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PUBLICATION OF THE RANSOM LIST IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

BUREAU AUTHORITY IS NOT GRANTED FOR THIS EXPENDITURE AT THIS TIME. SUGGEST SEATTLE ENCOURAGE LOCAL PAPERS IN SEATTLE AND NEIGHBORING DIVISIONS' TERRITORIES TO REPUBLISH INFORMATION THAT RANSOM LIST IS AVAILABLE AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC TO CONTACT LOCAL FBI OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CONCERNING SUSPECTED BILLS.

SEATTLE SHOULD INSURE THAT TERRAIN SEARCHES ARE VIGOROUSLY PURSUED BY ALL INTERESTED OFFICES AND SOLICIT COOPERATION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FORESTRY PERSONNEL, HUNTING GROUPS, AND OTHER LOGICAL PERSONS WHO WOULD BE IN THE AREA OVER WHICH THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT TRAVELED.

END JJT FBI SEATTLE CLR

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164-8 [guess: sub C] 1-1497

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC 1 4 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-26669