Document date 1 December 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 99 p. 54 (DB Cooper-44481), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-334 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-99/pages/54
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR029 SE PLAIN
11:41AM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB
TO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SE-
ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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RE: SUSPECT JAMES D. BOOTH.
BOOTH IS BEING CONSIDERED A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE AS HIS APPEAR-
ANCE MEETS THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HIJACKER.
INVESTIGATION AT SEATTLE REVEALS BOOTH'S WHEREABOUTS AT THIS
TIME UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, HE IS A LICENSED MERCHANT SEAMAN, Z NO. SIX
THREE NINE ONE TWO SIX, WITH SOCIAL SECURITY NO. FOUR SEVEN THREE
TWO TWO FIVE SIX NINE ONE. BOTH WAS BORN DECEMBER ONE, NINETEEN
TWENTYSEVEN AT DULUTH, MINN. AND WAS ISSUED HIS Z NO. IN SF IN
NINETEEN FOURTYNINE. BOOTH WAS ISSUED A CHIEF ENGINEERS LICENSE IN
SF IN JUNE SIXTYNINE. BOTH LICENSES HAVE BEEN RENEWED AT SEATTLE,
HOWEVER NO PHOTO AVAILABLE.
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