Document date 26 November 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 321 (DB Cooper-43870), Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-97 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/321
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR001 VA CODE
12 :54AM 11-27-71 DCW
9:14 PM URGENT 11-26-71 RMB
TO: DIRECTOR SEATTLE
CLEVELAND MINNEAPOLIS
CINCINNATI LITTLE ROCK
MEMPHIS JACKSON
BIRMINGHAM
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
------ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON------
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UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET,
NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
RE CLEVELAND TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES
TWENTYSIXTH INSTANT RE SUSPECT - 'JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE HAS SHOWN PHOTO OF JOHNSTON TO AIRLINE
CREW WITNESSES WHO DO NOT FEEL HE IS IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER.
SEATTLE K OWS JOHNSTONS LOCATION IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.
ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE DISCONTINUE LEADS RE JOHNSTON.
END
DCA
FBI SEATTE CLR
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164-81- Sub
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED_____
SERIALIZED_____ FILED_____
NOV 2 6 1971
FBI - SEATTLE