Of SA Finbarr M. O'Connor re informant letter naming Willettes as D.B. Cooper
Document date 24 October 1974
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Id: Cooper-Part-117:425-426
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-117:425-426 Document: Memo of SA Finbarr M. O'Connor re informant letter naming Willettes as D.B. Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-117:425-426 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A425-426 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 117 pp. 425–426 (DB Cooper-53962), Memo, dated 24 Oct 1974, serial SE 164-81-6354 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-117%3A425-426
SAC, 164- 10/24/74
SA FINBARR M. O'CONNOR
UNSUB, aka D.B. COOPER Sub 735. Northwest Airlines Flight
OO:Seattle
By letter dated 9/7/1974, received in the Phila Office on Oct 11/1974, [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED] advised that his rights had been violated. In addition he in effect offered Mr. COOPER as neg[o]tiation in consideration for the proper han[d]ling of his civil rights case. At the time he wrote the letter he [REDACTED] in Norristown [REDACTED]
He was contacted at [REDACTED] where he has number [REDACTED] He was advised that the Dept Of Justice would make the legal determination concerning his Civil Rights issue, but that there would not be any deal or any nego[t]ia tion. He allegedly had possession of the knowledge and location of a Federal fugitive.
He said that he was not interested in reward[?] and would furnish the information to the best of his ability.
BACKGROUND: In his letter he goes over some of the basic background concerning the hi-jacking, tying the basic facts, as obtained from the news[p]apers, to the person he c[o]nsiders to be COOPER. He talks about physical description and the f[a]ct that his COOPER, took parachute lessons. In the interview he stated that the person he be[l]ieves to be COOPER is DAVID C. WILLETTES, Bargaintown, Egg Harbour Township, RD#2, PO Box 91, Pleasantville, NJ, an[d] place of business, 425 N. Maryland Ave, Atlantic City, NJ. He said WILLETTES shut down his shop for about 3 weeks at the time of the hi-jacking and since his return has acted more affluent and has even spent cash to buy property next door. He is 6' 190 lbs, walks with a limp favoring his left leg, has taken parachute training either at Teterboro NJ airport or Willi[ngboro] N[J] airport, which should be recorded on logs.
2- 164- -1- DB COOPER-53962 1- 44-2599 16 Sub 735 FMO/fmo
164-81-6354 [handwritten]
SEARCHED______INDEXED______ SERIALIZED______FILED______ NOV 29 1974
Ph 164- -2-
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[REDACTED] also advised that WILLETTES is very interested in planes and everything concerning them and also in parachuting. He has photos of several planes and also photos of himself jumping out of planes.
[REDACTED] is a white male, born [REDACTED] 5'8", 160 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes, single. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] Phila indicies reflect he was subject of [REDACTED] He has in 1967. He has been [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] He admitted [REDACTED]
Serials: SE 164-81-6354