SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re suspect who wrote short story about escaping with money

Document date 7 December 1971

Part 15pages 55–562 pagesDB Cooper-3855–3856

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Document: Airtel SAC Butte to SAC Seattle re suspect who wrote short story about escaping with money
Id: Cooper-Part-15:055-056
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 15 pp. 55–56 (DB Cooper-3855–3856), Airtel, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-933 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A055-056

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Date: 12/7/71

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P) SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: Seattle

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X- STORY OF HIJAC[K] SUBSEQUENT BOMBING OF PLAN[E] [guess: F.]

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Re: [REDACTED] Reurtel, 12/1/71.

[REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] located [REDACTED] and advised as follows:

He is [REDACTED]

a short story entitled, [REDACTED]

The plot of the story was that [REDACTED]

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(2) - Seattle (AM) 2 - Butte AJFM/mhs (4)

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent: _______ M Per _______

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164-81-933 SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED....FILED DEC [illegible] 1971

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DB Cooper-3855

BT #164-26

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[redacted] characters of plot escaped with money.

[redacted] stated/that at the time [redacted] only two copies were made, the original of which was given [redacted] retained the second/copy and has it in his possession. He has never attempted to publish this story and, consequently, never has sent it to a publishing house.

[redacted] eliminated as suspect on basis of age and physical description and he states he has no [redacted]

[redacted] contacted. Advised he has original copy of story in his possession, has never [redacted] bears no physical similarities to hijacker.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DB Cooper-3856

Serials: BT 164-26, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-933