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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
SEATTLE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER
3101 Auburn Way South
Auburn, Washington 98002
. 30 December 1971
Mr. Charles Farrell
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
115 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
Dear Mr. Farrell:
As you requested, we have enclosed a transcription of our
recorded air-ground communications with Northwest Airlines
Flight 305 of 24 November 1971.
[REDACTED]
Chief, Seattle Center
Enclosure
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Sul: [illegible initials]
[illegible handwritten annotation]
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b6 Per FAA
b7C
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[handwritten] Sub. I
16 N-81- [guess: 2108]
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____
SERIALIZED /M/ FILED /[illegible]/
FEB 3 0 1972
FBI—SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-28476
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Letter from the FAA Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center to FBI Special Agent Charles Farrell, dated 30 December 1971, enclosing a transcription of recorded air-ground communications with Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 24 November 1971 (the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The sender's name is redacted but identified as Chief, Seattle Center.
Handwritten routing or subject notation and initials, partially illegible.
FBI exemption codes indicating information withheld per FAA request under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy).
FBI Seattle field office processing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on February 30 (likely February 28), 1972. Includes a case sub-file notation and serial number.
Federal Aviation Administration circular seal/logo visible in upper right of letterhead.
FBI Vault document identification number for the D.B. Cooper FOIA release.
Clean typewritten letter on official FAA letterhead Some redacted/blacked-out areas present FBI processing stamps visible at bottom