Part 64, page 209
Document date 25 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 64 p. 209 (DB Cooper-27054), Memo, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-64/pages/209
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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TO : SAC, SEATTLE DATE: November 25, 1971
FROM : SA REESE H. CHIPMAN
SUBJECT: UNSUB: NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, 1971. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA CHIPMAN to identify and obtain descriptive data concerning the two back pack chutes which were delivered to the hijacker:
At 12:25 AM contacted [REDACTED] Boeing Flight b6 Service at [REDACTED] (Business Tel RO-2-2554). b7C He advised the two small chest packs were obtained at Issaquah, and were brought to the Air Freight Terminal by the Washington State Patrol. [REDACTED] observed them when they were in the vehicle in which he transported all of the chutes and the money to Sea-Tac Airport.
He described the chest pack chutes as being in containers about 15 inches long, 8 inches wide and eight inches thick.
The two back pack chutes which he observed , but did not examine closely, appeared to be in ordinary military olive drab green containers, approximately two to three feet long, 15 to 18 inces wide. To the best of his knowledge they did not have emergency bleepers.
At 2:00AM contacted [REDACTED] b6 who advised he had talked with one [REDACTED] Pacific b7C Aviation, Boeing Field, in oder to secure Chutes (Ro-2-2554. indicated the back pack chutes were obtained from [REDACTED] (PH) , Wn. Tel No [REDACTED]
At 2:50AM [REDACTED] advised the two back pack chutes were to deliver them b6 to Boeing Flight Service. [REDACTED] described the two back pack chutes b7C as follows:
Number One: Civilian luxury type, tan soft Cotton material outside, 26 ft white canopy inside. Has a military chute inside of it. One or two burp sack in folds. Has foam pad cushion, and a frayed mark down the rib on the back, from rubbing on metal.
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED __ FILED NOV 2 5 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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C-o-n-t.
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-27054