TeletypePortland to Seattle re source advising composite sketch resembles known individual1 December 19711 page
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Part 90, page 280

DB Cooper-40290Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-145, SE 164-81

Document date 1 December 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 90, page 280 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 p. 280 (DB Cooper-40290), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-145 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-90/pages/280

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 12/1/71

Transmit the following in ______ PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code)

Via __ TELETYPE __ URGENT (Priority)

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TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P) ___/___P

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE; CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION; OO: SEATTLE. SUSPECT [REDACTED]

ON DECEMBER ONE, SEVENTY ONE, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE [REDACTED] COMPOSITE SKETCH OF UNSUB WHICH APPEARED IN THE PORTLAND NEWSPAPERS CLOSELY RESEMBLES AN INDIVIDUAL, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN PORTLAND. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS BEING SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, MIDDLE AGED, SLENDER BUILD, SOFTSPOKEN, LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE [REDACTED] WASHINGTON. [REDACTED] IS AVID [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

SEATTLE AT [REDACTED] WASHINGTON. CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTI- GATION TO LOCATE [REDACTED]. AND DETERMINE IF IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.

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(1) Portland JJS:smp (1) Approved: ___[signature]___ Sent ___/___3[illegible]___M Per ___[signature]___ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-138

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DB Cooper-40290

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