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Part 78, page 70 DB Cooper-33868 Serials MP 164-73 , MP 164-73-95 , PD 164-41 , SE 164-81
Document date 8 December 1971 AI Dates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 78, page 70 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 78 p. 70 (DB Cooper-33868), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial MP 164-73-95 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-78/pages/70
Transcript The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/8/71
Transmit the following in _____ PLAINTEXT
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via __TELETYPE__ NITEL
(Priority)
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
BALTIMORE
SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER
TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE.
RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, DECEMBER
SEVEN, LAST.
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ON DECEMBER EIGHT, INSTANT, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED - large block of text obscured]
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(1) - MINNEAPOLIS
RWM:RAS Searched
(1) [illegible] Serialized
Indexed
Filed
Approved: ________
Special Agent in Charge
Sent __DA 5:44 PM__ Per __
56 -5:24 [GOVERNMENT PR...]
PO 5:19 [illegible]
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164-73-95
b6
b7C
DB Cooper-33868
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Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 8, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext.
FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director FBI, Baltimore, Seattle, and Portland regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. References a Portland teletype to Director dated December 7. The substantive content is heavily redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions, but references an event on December 8 ('instant' meaning the current date).
Routing, approval, and transmission block showing one copy to Minneapolis. Initials RWM:RAS. Stamps indicate the teletype was searched, serialized, indexed, and filed. Sent times noted for multiple offices around 5:19-5:44 PM.
Case file number 164-73-95 stamped with FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C. Bates stamp number DB Cooper-33868.
Several redacted (blacked out) sections obscure names and details Bottom portion contains stamps and handwritten notations that are partially legible b6/b7C exemption markings visible in right margin Scan order ← p. 69 p. 71 →