MemoSA Seattle to SAC Seattle re man joking about parachute on 11/17/71 Western Airlines reservation30 November 19711 page
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Part 68, page 58

DB Cooper-28776Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-335

Document date 30 November 1971

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) DATE: 11/30/71

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 11/24/71. CAA - Highjacking; Extortion

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On 11/30/71, at 12:50PM, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Western Airlines, 3rd Floor of Terminal, Seatac Airport, Seattle, Washington, telephonically advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] had told him the following:

On 11/17/71, a man, identifying himself as [REDACTED] and giving his telephone number (business) as [REDACTED] in Portland, Oregon, made reservations on Western Airlines Flight #645 to depart 11/17/71, from Portland to Los Angeles, and reservations to connect at Los Angeles on Continental Airlines Flight #56 to El Paso, Texas. [REDACTED] stated he intended to pick up a car at El Paso. [REDACTED] then, as though in jest, asked [REDACTED] if it would be alright for him to take a parachute aboard the airplane, in the event they were "highjacked".

[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] is employed at the above terminal location, (telephone [REDACTED]) and works the shift from [REDACTED]

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164-81-335

S.ARCHED... [INDEXED] SERIALIZED... [D.] NOV 29 1971

[Handwritten signature:] [guess: Adams] [guess: Portland]

DB Cooper-28776

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