TeletypeDirector to all SACs re NORJAK ransom bill list8 December 19711 page
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Part 70, page 302

DB Cooper-30141Serials 104-71-931

Document date 8 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 70 p. 302 (DB Cooper-30141), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial 104-71-931 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-70/pages/302

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WP?49 WA PLAIN 7:31PM NITEL 12-8-71 LPS TO ALL SACS FROM DIRECTOR 2P

NORJAK

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS ISSUED NATIONALLY THIS DATE."4

-559RNEY GENERAL JOHN N. MITCHELL ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A "RANSOM LIST" OF THE KNOWN SERIAL-NUMBERED BILLS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE, HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY THE FBI THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER ADVISED THAT THE "RANSOM LIST," THIRTY FOUR PAGES IN LENGTH, CONTAINS THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF TWENTY DOLLAR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES WHICH WERE PAID TO THE HIJACKER FOR THE RELEASE OF THIRTY SIX PASSENGERS AND TWO CREW MEMBERS. THE HIJACKER BOARDED THE FLIGHT AT PORTLAND, OREGON, AND HIJACKED THE PLANE JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN SEATTLE, END PAGE ONE

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Sub. M 104-71-931 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED 7/13 FILED M DEC 8 1971 FBI-SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-30141