TeletypeCleveland to Director and field offices re background and leads on Joseph Henry Johnston26 November 1971page 1 of 3
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Part 90, page 111

DB Cooper-40107Serials PD 164-41-31

Document date 26 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 p. 111 (DB Cooper-40107), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial PD 164-41-31 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-90/pages/111

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NR046 WA CODE 1030PM 9:50 PM URGENT 11-26-71 SLO TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE PORTLAND CINCINNATI MINNEAPOLIS JACKSON MEMPHIS LITTLE ROCK BIRMINGHAM

ALL OFFICES SENT VIA WASHINGTON DC

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Joseph Henry Johnston ELIMINATED

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FROM CLEVELAND 164-NEW

UNKNOWN SUBJECT; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.

RE BUREAU TELCALL TO CLEVELAND, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT; CLEVELAND TEL CALLS TO BUREAU, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT.

SUSPECT - JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON

RECORDS, MANSFIELD PD, MANSFIELD, OHIO, REFLECT SUSPECT ARRESTED MARCH EIGHT LAST, CHARGED OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO ANOTHER PERSON. ALSO, ON SAME DAY WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT OPERATOR'S LICENSE. FINED THIRTYFIVE DOLLARS AND COSTS. SUSPECT AT TIME OF ARREST RESIDED THIRTYSEVEN VESPER, AKRON, OHIO. SUSPECT IDENTICAL WITH MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE. PHOTO OF SUSPECT OBTAINED. RECORDS, AKRON, OHIO PD, REFLECT SUSPECT UNDER NO. FIVE SIX FIVE SIX E EIGHT, WAS PROCESSED BY PD ON OCT. ELEVEN END PAGE ONE

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SEARCHED __ INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ FILED __ NOV 2 6 1971 FBI — PORTLAND

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164-41-31

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DB Cooper-40107