Part 90, page 67
Document date 26 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 p. 67 (DB Cooper-40056), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-90/pages/67
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NR054 WA PLAIN 7:22AM 11-26-71 DCW AM 11-26-71 NR S01 LR PLAIN 5:55AM 11-26-71 URGENT MHR TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS MEMPHIS PORTLAND (;3-/// VIA WASHINGTON) SEATTLE (VIA WASHINGTON) ! FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-NEW)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED TO SA EUGENE F. GLENN AT [REDACTED], ARKANSAS EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, INSTANT: [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT JOE JOHNSTON, FORMER RESIDENT OF WEST MEMPHIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUSPECT FOR THE CAPTIONED HIJACKING. HE STATED THAT JOHNSTON, AN EX-CONVICT, WHO RESIDED IN WEST MEMPHIS FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST, SEVENTYONE, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HIJACKINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON TV NEWS, TOOK PARACHUTE JUMP LESSONS DURING HIS STAY IN WEST MEMPHIS FROM AN UNKNOWN INSTRUCTOR IN MEMPHIS, TENN., AND PURCHASED AERIAL FLIGHT FLAT MAPS OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS IN THE WEST PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES: THE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AREA, THE PORTLAND, OREGON AREA, AND THE RENO, END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED NOV 26 1971 FBI — PORTLAND
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DB Cooper-40056 \64- 4(-8