TeletypeSeattle to Director re cost of publishing ransom serial number list in Seattle Times13 December 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 63, page 246

DB Cooper-26676Serials SE 164-81

Document date 13 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 63 p. 246 (DB Cooper-26676), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-7155 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-63/pages/246

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I PRESUME THE COST WOULD BE COMPARABLE IF OTHER DAILY NEWSPAPERS WERE REQUESTED TO PUBLISH THE LIST SINCE ALL WOULD BE FACED WIT THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

[REDACTED] OF THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, HAS ALSO BEEN APPROACHED BY ME CONCERNING THIS MATTER BUT HAS NOT RESPONDED THUS FAR TO MY INQUIRY.

I KNOW OF NO WAY WHERE THE LIST COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS PUBLICATION THROUGH A DAILY NEWSPAPER. THE SEATTLE TIMES CIRCULATES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ITS PRINCIPLE CIRCULATION AREA BEING THE SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA. IN THE EVENT MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF THIS TECHNIQUE IS TO BE OBTAINED, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THE SAME STEPS BE TAKEN BY A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN PORTLAND, SANRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO AND POSSIBLY RENO, NEVADA.

BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE IF IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS LIST IN THE SEATTLE TIMES. END

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DB Cooper-26676