Part 91, page 180

DB Cooper-40553Serials 164-181, DN 164-98, PD 164-41

Document date 7 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 180 (DB Cooper-40553), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-91/pages/180

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NR 006 DN PLAIN 8-35PM NITEL 12-7-71 PJB

TO: PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO FROM: DENVER (164-98)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING. OO: SEATTLE (164-181)

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RE BUTTE TEL TO SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO AND DENVER DECEMBER SIX.

RE SUSPECT (FNU) [REDACTED]

FOR INFORMATION PORTLAND, BUTTE DEVELOPED INFO THAT DRIVER OF VEHICLE BEARING ARIZONA LICENSE [REDACTED], WAS HEARD ON DECEMBER TWO LAST MAKE REFERENCE TO [REDACTED] AS PERSON WHO POSSIBLY COMMITTED CAPTIONED CRIME.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED VEHICLE REGISTERED TO [REDACTED]

[REDACTED], WHO WAS CONTACTED DELTA, COLO. AND ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: STATED HE WAS [REDACTED] UNTIL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, THEN [REDACTED]

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164-41-[illegible] [handwritten annotations] DB Cooper-40553

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[guess: SE] [guess: LETT] 1 - CAMPBELL, COVERD - ELIMINATION 1/3 [guess: Vila] SEND [guess: Tris] To DN, SE, SF [guess: BUTTE]

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Teletype header indicating a nitel (night telegram) sent from Denver FBI office to Portland and San Francisco offices on December 7, 1971 at 8:35 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24, 1971, CAA-Hijacking, Office of Origin Seattle. Denver office reports on a lead from Butte regarding a suspect (name redacted) whose driver was overheard on December 2 making reference to a person who possibly committed the hijacking. The vehicle bore Arizona plates and was registered to a redacted individual who was contacted in Delta, Colorado. The person stated he was at a redacted location until the day after Thanksgiving, then went somewhere else (redacted). End of page one notation with handwritten case reference numbers and a DB Cooper file number stamp. Handwritten routing and distribution notes at bottom of page, partially illegible, referencing Campbell and distribution instructions.

Several sections redacted with black bars (b6/b7C exemptions)
Some handwritten annotations at bottom of page
Teletype formatting with all-caps text

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