TeletypeSeattle to Director eliminating Joseph Henry Johnston as suspect (jailed for DWI in Longview)26 November 19711 page
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Part 90, page 116

DB Cooper-40112Serials 164-411-32, SE 164-81

Document date 26 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 p. 116 (DB Cooper-40112), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial 164-411-32 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-90/pages/116

Transcript

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NR003 WA PLAIN SENT 200AM 11-27-71 10:20 PM URGENT 11/26/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI CLEVELAND LAS VEGAS MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND LITTLE ROCK ------- ALL VIA WASHINGTON, D. C. -----\ FROM SEATTLE (164-81) , IP

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

SUSPECT JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED. LONGVIEW, WASH- INGTON, POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, DOB APRIL EIGHT, TWENTYTHREE, POB SULLIGENT, ALA., ADDRESS FOUR ZERO ZERO FIVE NE SIXTYNINTH ST., PORTLAND, AT TWO TWENTYFIVE PM, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND HE IS STILL IN LONGVIEW JAIL AT THIS TIME. END GO TO TALK PLS

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Jos. Henry Johnston Eliminated

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164-411-32

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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED NOV 28 1971 FBI — PORTLAND

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DB Cooper-40112