TeletypeSacramento to Seattle and Portland re suspect Robert Hampton Keely26 November 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 98, page 121

DB Cooper-44177Serials SC 164-50, SE 164-81-73

Document date 26 November 1971

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NR 008 SC PLAINTEXT R4:50PM URGENT 11-26-71 LCH TO SEATTLE PORTLAND FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) (2P)

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UNSUB; HIJACKING OF A NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN FLIGHT FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE, CAA OO: SE.

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ON INSTANT DATE SOURCE OF THE SACRAMENTO OFFICE ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN FIRED FROM SACRAMENTO RADIO STATION KGMS AND LEFT THE SACRAMENTO AREA ON NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN, LAST, SAYING HE WAS GOING TO OREGON AND THAT WHEN HE CAME BACK HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE WHOLE RADIO STATION.

NAME ROBERT H. KEELY, TWO SIX THREE THREE EL SEGUNDO, RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA, WM, FIFTY YEARS, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK OLIVE COMPLEXION, WEARS GLASSES, BLACK HAIR, WIFE RUTH. KEELY REPORTED TO WEAR DARK SUITS, NARROW TIES WITH WHITE SHIRTS, RECENTLY PURCHASED BLACK RAINCOAT. WAS B SEVENTEEN PILOT IN WORLD WAR TWO AND HAS FCC LICENSE ISSUED AT END PAGE ONE

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Sub. 9 164-81-73 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ NOV 26 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-44177