Exhibit B: agreements conveying $30,000 from Karl Fleming to 'Seth Thomas' for 'D.B. Cooper' interview rights
Document date February 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-01:021-022
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-01:021-022 Document: Exhibit B: agreements conveying $30,000 from Karl Fleming to 'Seth Thomas' for 'D.B. Cooper' interview rights Id: Cooper-Part-01:021-022 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-01%3A021-022 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 1 pp. 21–22, Handwritten note, dated Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-01%3A021-022
[Mobile], [Feb/Nov] 25, 197[4?]
EXHIBIT B
...I [guess: KaVi] Fleming, to herewith convey in cash [amount] the [illegible] ... $30,000 (thirty thousand dollars) to [illegible] purports to be designated agent for [airline's] hijacker [D.B.] Cooper, [who] hijacked a Northwest Airlines plane on Thanksgiving [illegible] ... proving that money is conveyed with the under[standing] [illegible] ... [illegible] it is to be held in trust free this day forward to be [surrendered] to [illegible] upon [Cooper's apprehension], fund if and or when Cooper is apprehended or voluntarily [comes forward] [illegible] the money is conveyed [with the] understanding of both parties, and also [illegible] Cooper's [that] the money is to be used for [Cooper's] purposes [illegible] [illegible] [none] and [that] none of it is to be used for no other purpose [illegible] and [illegible] none of it is to be conveyed to Cooper for his [use] [illegible] for his legal defense.
SIGNED: [signature — illegible cursive] BOUND: [signature — illegible cursive]
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Further, Mr. [illegible] agrees that in return [illegible] Mr. Cooper [grants] [guess: his] exclusive rights to his life Story and [illegible] [illegible] The [illegible] $300[illegible] nothing [illegible] [guess: The] [illegible], including Photos, Newspapers and Magazine [articles/coverage] [illegible] Books, Movies, [illegible] including [illegible] Interviews, Serializations, Both in the [illegible] United States and all Foreign [Companies] [illegible] World and Foreign [illegible]
Signed: [signature — illegible cursive] [Second signature line — illegible]
I KARL FLEMING[S] do hereby on Feb. 20, 1972, convey to Seth Thomas, [purporting] to Be Agent For Who purports to Be D.B. Cooper, $30,000 To Be held in Trust For Use [as] a legal Defense Fund For Cooper when or If Cooper is apprehended [or] Surrender[s], [or] he is apprehended or Surrendering AND with the understanding that the money is to be used For That purpose alone.
[Signature — illegible] 21 Feb 1972