Seattle to Director and Denver re attorney's client claiming to know Cooper
Document date 23 November 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-121:179-182 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director and Denver re attorney's client claiming to know Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-121:179-182 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A179-182 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 121 pp. 179–182 (DB Cooper-5578, DB Cooper-55783, DB Cooper-55784, DB Cooper-55786), Teletype, dated 23 Nov 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-121%3A179-182
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FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) IMMEDIATE DENVER (164-98) IMMEDIATE BT C L E A R NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELCALL TO DENVER, NOV. 23, 1976, INDICATING AS FOLLOWS:
IT IS NOTED THAT CAPTIONED CASE OCCURRED NOV. 24, 1971, WHICH MEANS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS MAY POSSIBLY COME INTO CONSIDERATION TOMORROW; THEREFORE, DENVER IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE COVERAGE OF LEAD.
ON THE MORNING OF NOV. 23, 1976, SAC, SEATTLE, RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM [REDACTED] ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, 150 WILLIAMS ST., NEW YORK, N.Y., 10038, TELEPHONE (212) 732-8400. SHE HAD RECEIVED A CALL EARLIER TODAY FROM AN ATTORNEY NAMED [REDACTED] IN GREELEY, COLO., INQUIRING AS TO POSSIBILITY OF ANY REWARD AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE [REDACTED/cut off - text continues onto next page]
(1)- New York (Info)(AM) JMR:jsb (2) N.Y. [illegible handwritten annotation]
DB COOPER-55783
PAGE TWO (164-81) IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE. [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT HIS CLIENT WHOM HE DID NOT NAME TOLD HIM THAT HE READ A RECENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CONCERNING THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HIJACKING AND THAT HE KNOWS WHO COOPER IS. ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] HIS CLIENT DESCRIBED COOPER AS AN AIRPLANE PILOT, WHO IS A VERY CAREFUL AND CAPABLE INDIVIDUAL AND WOULD PLAN THINGS OUT TO THE LAST DETAIL. [REDACTED] CLIENT IS ALSO A PILOT. CLIENT INDICATED THAT HE KNOWS WHO COOPER IS AND WHERE HE IS LIVING, AND WOULD FURNISH INFORMATION TO HIS ATTORNEY FOR REFERRAL TO ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY IF A REWARD IS OUTSTANDING.
IT IS NOTED THAT ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY IS REPRE- SENTING NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN ALL INSURANCE MATTERS AND COVERED THE LOSS OF THE $200,000 INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER. IT IS FURTHER NOTED THAT REPORTED REWARDS OFFERED BY THE SEATTLE "POST-INTELLIGENCER" NEWSPAPER IMMEDIATELY AFTER EVENT TOOK PLACE, HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN WITHDRAWN. FURTHERMORE, ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NO SET POLICY REGARDING REWARD,, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD CONSIDER SAME IF MONEY WAS ACTUALLY RECOVERED. THIS MATTER IS BEING [struck-through: DISCUSSED] [handwritten insertion: CONSIDERED] BY THE LEGAL OFFICE
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DB COOPER-55784
PAGE THREE (164-81) OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY. [REDACTED] ADVISED ATTORNEY [REDACTED] OF THE ABOVE AND THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME IT IS MORE OR LESS IN A "HOLDING" STATUS. [REDACTED] POINTED OUT THAT IN HIS ESTIMATION HIS CLIENT IS COMPLETELY RELIABLE, BUT ONLY APPEARS TO BE IN FAVOR OF COOPERATING IF A REWARD IS AVAILABLE. [REDACTED] STATED AFTER CONFERRING WITH HER LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE NO COMMITMENT OR AGREEMENT WITH ATTORNEY [REDACTED] AND THAT HER FIRM HAD NO OBJECTION TO APPRISING [REDACTED] THAT SHE HAD CON- TACTED THE FBI AS AN ACT OF COOPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH A MAJOR CRIME. [REDACTED] FURTHER NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR LOCAL OFFICE IN GREELEY, COLO., THERE IS A [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND ARE LOCATED AT [REDACTED] GREELEY, COLO., TELEPHONE [REDACTED] DENVER AT GREELEY, COLO. WILL CONDUCT IMMEDIATE INVES- TIGATION TO VERIFY STATEMENTS BY ATTORNEY [REDACTED] AND ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY HIS CLIENT AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE. POSSIBILITY OF PAYMENT BY BUREAU FOR INFORMATION LEADING
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DB COOPER-5578[illegible, digit cut off]
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TO THE IDENTITY AND ARREST OF SUBJECT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH ATTORNEY [redacted box]
ARMED & DANGEROUS.
AIRMAIL COPY FURNISHED NEW YORK OFFICE.
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DB COOPER-55786