Interview re extortion letter received at Reno Evening Gazette
Interviewed 29 November 1971Dictated 30 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 65 p. 15 · Part 66 p. 40 · Part 66 p. 258 · Part 67 p. 102 · Part 71 p. 411
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Id: Cooper-Part-15:206-206
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-15:206-206 Document: FD-302 interview re extortion letter received at Reno Evening Gazette Id: Cooper-Part-15:206-206 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A206-206 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 15 p. 206 (DB Cooper-4022), FD-302 interview, interviewed 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1016 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-15%3A206-206
FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date 11/30/71
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[REDACTED] Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada, advised that the head office of that newspaper had opened an envelope on November 27, 1971, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and had found a note composed from words cut from a newspaper and pasted to a plain white sheet of paper. The note said, "Attention! Thanks for Hospitality was in a rut D. B. Cooper, ". The envelope in which the note was mailed was a white envelope postmarked, "Oakdale, Ca., 95361, November 27, 1971, PM". It was addressed to "Reno Newspaper", "Reno, Nevada." The address was printed in pencil.
[REDACTED] advised that at least eight employees of the newspaper had handled the note.
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164-81-1016 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DEC 10 1971
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On 11/29/71 at Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60
by SA [REDACTED] :mtc Date dictated 11/30/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-4022
Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81-1016