TeletypeSacramento to Director re Beale AFB SR-71 reconnaissance offer3 December 19711 page
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Part 91, page 32

DB Cooper-40389Serials 164-2111, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, PD 164-41-94, SC 164-50, SE 164-81

Document date 3 December 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 91, page 32 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 32 (DB Cooper-40389), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-94 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-91/pages/32

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PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANE NO PD LEADS

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NR 01 SC CODED 9:17 AM URGENT 12-3-71, LXL TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) LAS VEGAS (164-60) FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) IP

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO BUREAU, DECEMBER ONE, LAST.

BEALE AFB, CALIF. HAS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE TO BUREAU USE OF SR SEVEN ONE AIRCRAFT TO PHOTOGRAPH TERRAIN OVER WHICH CAPTIONED FLIGHT PROGRESSED SOUTH OF SEATTLE TO RENO. THIS AIRCRAFT, DESCRIBED AS EXREMELY SOPHISTICATED AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PLANE, WILL PHOTO- GRAPH TWENTY MILE WIDE STRIP WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION ABLE TO DETECT OBJECTS TWO FEET SQUARE ON GROUND. FILM STRIP WILL BE REVIEWED BY TRAINED, QUALIFIED USAF PERSONNEL.

BUREAU MAY DISCONTINUE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RB FIVE SEVEN - F AIR- CRAFT PURSUANT TO REQUEST SET FORTH IN RETEL.

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FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR

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[partially illegible] 4-41-94 [illegible stamp text] [guess: DEC] 3 1971

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DB Cooper-40389