Typed D.B. Cooper letter to newspaper editors with envelope addressed to The Washington Post
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-101:245-246 Document: Typed D.B. Cooper letter to newspaper editors with envelope addressed to The Washington Post Id: Cooper-Part-101:245-246 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A245-246 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. 245–246 (DB Cooper-45714–45715), Letter, serial SE 164-81-1304 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-101%3A245-246
Sirs,
I knew from the start that I wouldn't be caught.
I didn't rob Northwest Orient because I thought it would be romantic, heroic or any of the other euphemisms that seem to attach themselves to situations of high risk. I'm no modern day Robin Hood. Unfortunately do have only 14 months to live.
My life has been one of hate, turmoil, hunger and more hate, this seemed to be the fastest and most profitable way to gain a few fast grains of peace of mind.
I don't blame people for hating me for what I've done nor do I blame anybody for wanting me to be caught and punished, though this can never happen.
Here are some (not all) of the things working against the authorities: I'm not a boasting man I left no fingerprints I wore a toupee I wore putty make-up
They could add or subtract from the composite a hundred times and not come up with an accurate description; and we both know it.
I've come and gone on several airline flights already and am not holed up in some obsure backwoods town. Neither am I a psycho-pathic killer. As a matter of fact I've never even received a speeding ticket.
Thank you for your attention.
D.B. COOPER
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ccccccc Wash Post - 717171684*
New York Times -
Seattle Times -
Los Angeles Times -
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[handwritten] sub. 130 164-81-[guess: 1304] [stamp] [illegible] FILED DEC 0[guess: 1] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [illegible]
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DB COOPER-45714
[return address redacted]
[U.S. POSTAL SERVICE postmark: PM 11 DEC 1971]
Managing Publisher Washington Post News Paper Washington D. C.
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[illegible — heavily degraded scan of what appears to be handwritten or typed text, possibly the reverse side of the envelope or an enclosed letter; no words can be reliably transcribed]
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DB COOPER-45715
Serials: SE 164-81-1304