SAC Washington Field Office to Director (Attn: Laboratory) re D.B. Cooper letter from The Washington Post
Document date 13 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-101:242-244
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-101:242-244 Document: Airtel SAC Washington Field Office to Director (Attn: Laboratory) re D.B. Cooper letter from The Washington Post Id: Cooper-Part-101:242-244 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A242-244 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 101 pp. 242–244 (DB Cooper-45711–45713), Airtel, dated 13 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A242-244
12/13/71
AIRTEL
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY
FROM: SAC, WFO (164-169) (P)
7D2JAF (CO:SE)
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Re Seattle teletype to [illegible], New York, and Los Angeles, dated 12/13/71.
Enclosed for the Bureau is a carbon copy of [guess: unrelated] D. B. COOPER letter along with accompanying envelope postmarked 12/11/71 in state of Washington, air cards 980. [guess: Enclosed] for Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle is one/copy each of same.
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RE D. B. COOPER LETTER:
Enclosed letter for Bureau, which is a carbon copy, was furnished [guess: to WFO] on 12/14/71, by [REDACTED] of "The Washington Post", 1515 L Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. (WDC). [REDACTED] requested that his identity be protected as the source of the letter.
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3- Bureau (Enc.2) 1- Los Angeles (164-497) (Enc.1) (Info) 2- New York (164-627) (Enc.1) (Info) @- Seattle (164-81) (Enc.1) 1- WDC
Clark[guess: ev] (8)
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164-81- [illegible] Sub 130 SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED...FILED... DEC 1971 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-45711
WFO 164-169
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For information of FBI Laboratory, referenced teletype [guess: reflects] copies of same letter received by the "New York Times", "Seattle Times", and "Los Angeles Times". The letter bears typed name of "D. B. COOPER," the same name utilized by unsub in captioned matter.
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The initials "CWP" and the date "12/14/71" on the lower right corner on the back of both the envelope and letter were placed there by WFO agent. The significance of the number "71717/1844", appearing next to the copy count in the lower left corner on the face of the letter, remains unknown.
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Efforts were made by WFO to preserve the letter and envelope for latent fingerprints. However, both were handled by an unknown number of individuals at "The Washington Post" prior to being obtained by WFO.
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REQUEST OF THE BUREAU
The FBI Laboratory is requested to determine the style of type and make of typewriter utilized in typing the letter and envelope. The letter should also be compared with any copies of same furnished by other divisions.
The stamp on the envelope should be compared with the stamps on any other envelopes submitted by other divisions to determine if at one time they were part of the same sheet of stamps.
The Identification Division is requested to examine both the letter and envelope for the presence of any latent fingerprints of value.
It is also suggested that the above enclosures be subjected to any other appropriate examinations which would aid in identifying the individual who wrote the letter.
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DB COOPER-45712
WFO 164-169
DISPOSITION OF ITEMS SUBMITTED:
Upon completion of the requested examinations, both items should be returned to WFO.
[guess: ARMED] CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
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DB COOPER-45713
Serials: 164-2111, LA 164-497, NY 164-627, SE 164-81, WF 164-169