Constituent letter to Senator Henry M. Jackson alleging CIA link to 727 hijacking
Document date 12 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 104 p. 145
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 17 pp. 62–63 (DB Cooper-4888–4889), Letter, dated 12 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1430 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A062-063
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Dec.. 12, 1971
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Senator Henry A.. Jackson,, Senate Office Bldg.,, Washington,, D.C..
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...se return to SENATOR HENRY M. JACKSON
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Dear Senator Jackson:
Your staff may scream not to touch this request with a ten foot pole,, but as a former prosecutor you might have an answer forthcoming..
Ask the C.I.A.. (Central Intelligence Agency) if they or any of their operating companies have ever trained pilots,, personnel to fly Boeing 2727's in low level flight dropping personell and supplies in other inaccessible places..
Ask them how many pilots they have thus trained??
Ask them how many of these men have returned to private life?
Ask them if they ever used these places to drop Taiwan personnel over south China?
This has to do with the $200,,000 hijacking of a 727..
In Sept.. on a 727 Northwest Orient flight from Minneapolis to Seattle,, with a seat partner from Miles City To Missoula,, who said he had flown a 727 "for the military" and made numerous low level drops of personnel and supplies. Had he ever jumped from a 727? "Yes,, we all had to jump in training.. It was a hell of a thrill."
But Boeing's P.R.. man fairly screamed-- there hasn't been a single 727 in the military inventory.. There hasn't been a single military pilot trained in a 727,, nor have they ever been used in jump school.. No,, there has never been a flight manual prepared,, telling how to set flaps for jumps.. If the military had ever used such a program,, we would have had a screaming headline and a full page story with pictures..
At Sandpoint,, Idaho,, this "pilot" got back on the plane with four identically dressed men,, whom I believe were U.S.D.A.. "smoke jumpers".. Two of them sat across the aisle,, and the other two went forward where the pilot said he could arrange for them to set together and talk.. One of them fits the height-- 6'1" to 6'2",, and slim.. And I was looking into his face when they discussed seating arrangements..
I believe the man's story.. And if the C.I.A.. or Taiwan ever flew a 727 in southeast Asia,, the Chinese intelligence would have known about it.. So why hide the story from the American public??
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164-81- 1430 INDEXED SERIALIZED... FILED... OCT 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4888
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Dec.. 12 1971
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Senator Henry A.. Jackson,,. Senate Office Bldg..,. Washington, D.C..
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case return to SENATOR HENRY M. JACKSON
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Dear Senator Jackson::
Your staff may scream not to touch this request with a ten foot pole, but as a former prosecutor you might have an answer forthcoming..
Ask the C.I.A.. (Central Intelligence Agency) if they or any of their operating companies have ever trained pilots, personnel to fly Boeing 2727's in low level flight dropping personell and supplies in other inaccessible places..
Ask them how many pilots they have thus trained?
Ask them how many of these men have returned to private life?
Ask them if they ever used these places to drop Taiwan personnel over south China?
This has to do with the $200,000 hijacking of a 727...
In Sept.. on a 727 Northwest Orient flight from Minneapolis to Seattle, with a seat partner from Miles City To Missoula,. who said he had flown a 727, "for the military" and made numerous low level drops of personnel and supplies. Had he ever jumped from a 727? "Yes, we all had to jump in training.. It was a hell of a thrill."
But Boeing's P.R.. man fairly screamed-- there hasn't been a single 727 in the military inventory.. There hasn't been a single military pilot trained in a 727, nor have they ever been used in jump school.. No, there has never been a flight manual prepared, telling how to set flaps for jumps. If the military had ever used such a program, we would have had a screaming headline and a full page story with pictures..
At Sandpoint, Idaho, this "pilot" got back on the plane with four identically dressed men, whom I believe were U.S.D.A.. "smoke jumpers". Two of them sat across the aisle, and the other two went forward where the pilot said he could arrange for them to set together and talk.. One of them fits the height- 6'1" to 6'2", and slim.. And I was looking into his face when they discussed seating arrangements..
I believe the man's story.. And if the C.I.A.. or Taiwan ever flew a 727 in southeast Asia,. the Chinese intelligence would have known about it.. So why hide the story from the American public?
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INDEXED FILED F.C. JAN 7 1971 [guess: 1972] FBI--SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-4889
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Serials: SE 164-81-1430