Purportedly from D.B. Cooper to newspapers, with envelope addressed to Washington Post
Document date 11 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-16:283-284 Document: Letter purportedly from D.B. Cooper to newspapers, with envelope addressed to Washington Post Id: Cooper-Part-16:283-284 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A283-284 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 16 pp. 283–284 (DB Cooper-4609–4610), Letter, dated 11 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1304 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A283-284
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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New York Times -
Seattle Times -
Los Angeles Times -
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164-81- 1304 SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED...FILED... DEC 0 7 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4609
[Postmark circle: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE / PM / 11 DEC / 1971]
[Christmas 8¢ postage stamp, upper right corner] [Small text beneath stamp: Giorgione, on right view / National Gallery of Art 8¢]
Managing Publisher Washington Post News Paper Washington D. C.
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[illegible — text appears rotated or inverted; multiple lines of typewritten text are visible but not readable at this resolution and orientation]
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DB Cooper-4610
Serials: SE 164-81-1304