TeletypeSeattle to Director re drop-zone terrain and weather conditions30 November 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 71, page 311

DB Cooper-30589Serials SE 164-81

Document date 30 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 71 p. 311 (DB Cooper-30589), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-2974 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-71/pages/311

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STANDS OF DENSE TIMBER IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THERE ARE MANY STREAMS AND HILLS AND MUCH OF THE TIMBERLAND IS ALMOST IMPENETRABLE.

WEATHER AT TIME, ACCORDING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEATHER SERVICES, REFLECTS WINDS AT SEVEN THOUSAND FEET FROM WEST UP TO FORTY KNOTS. CEILING FIVE THOUSAND FEET., MEDIUM TO HEAVY CLOUD COVER AT THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED FEET, OCCASIONAL SIGHTINGS OF THE GROUND AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET. AT GROUND LEVEL A LIGHT MISTY RAIN WAS FALLING WITH WIND VELOCITY TEN TO FIFTEEN KNOTS. IN RESPONSE TO BUREAU INQUIRY TODAY, SEATTLE TELETYPE, NOVE. TWENTY-FOUR CONTAINED ON PAGE SIX INFORMATION CONCERNING "SCUFFLE" BETWEEN SUBJECT AND A PASSENGER. THIS HAS BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSED WITH WITNESS AND THE WORD SCUFFLE WAS INCORREDT. THE WORD SCUFFLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN "HASSLE". THIS RESULTED WHEN [REDACTED]

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