TeletypeSeattle to Portland re landing strips near Yacolt and La Center and grey Cessna25 November 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 99, page 183

DB Cooper-44673Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-199

Document date 25 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 99 p. 183 (DB Cooper-44673), Teletype, dated 25 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-199 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-99/pages/183

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NR003 SE PLAIN 319 PM URGENT 11/23/71 FEE TO PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

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RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE.

AN INDIVIDUAL IN YACOLT, WASHINGTON, WHICH IS IN THE PERTINENT AREA, ADVISED THAT A TWO-SEATER GREY CESSNA AIRPLANE WHICH HAS A VERY LARGE RED LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE TAIL, WAS SEEN FLYING IN VICINITY OF SOME SMALL AIR STRIPS IN THE YACOLT AREA ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. THE PLANE MADE A NUMBER OF PASSES WITH ITS LANDING LIGHTS ON. INFORMATION HAS ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED THAT A CAR, MAKE AND MODEL UNKNOWN, WITH UNKNOWN LICENSE PLATE WAS PARKED ON ROAD IN VICINITY OF THIS LOCATION ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR AND TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-ONE.

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SOURCE ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED], OUT OF PORTLAND, OREGON, AREA.

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Sub. H 164-81-199

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DB COOPER-44673