Anonymous 'Dear Editor' letter to the Portland Oregonian claiming to be the hijacker, with envelope
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-16:406-407 Document: Anonymous 'Dear Editor' letter to the Portland Oregonian claiming to be the hijacker, with envelope Id: Cooper-Part-16:406-407 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A406-407 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. 406–407 (DB Cooper-4784–4785), Letter, serial SE 164-81-1381 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-16%3A406-407
Dear Editor:
To the Public:
I must ask you, who in the hell do some of you people think you are, and what in the hell do you think you're doing. I have suceeded in pulling off one of the most successful, talked about crimes of today. Then some guy credits himself with the masterpiece and thanks everbody, for their cooperation an hospitality...Well Damn it, this is making me look very stupid. These prank letters must stop...
No one was indangered, the caper was only committed to show the unbelieving world that a PERFECT crime was possible.
I have notified the F.B.I. asking that they grant me Amnesty. The money will be returned.
NO . HARM DONE.
Sincerely,
S. W. L.
Alias,
David Bartholomew Copperhead
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164-81 - 1381 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ........ SERIALIZED ... FILED ... DEC 00 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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Received from "The Oregonian" 12/15/71 LDT PDfile 164-41 DB Cooper-4784
[Handwritten address on envelope:] PORTLAND NEWS PAPER READ NEWS PAPER - OFFICE PORTLAND "OREGONIAN" 320 S.W. BROADWAY PORTLAND, OREGON
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SEARCHED____INDEXED____ SERIALIZED____FILED____ DEC 2 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [initials/signature]
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EVIDENCE [partially visible] TOUCH [partially visible] DB Cooper-4785
Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81-1381