Nitel SAC Seattle to Acting Director re parachute found near Merwin Dam
Document date 30 May 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-25:296-296 Document: Nitel SAC Seattle to Acting Director re parachute found near Merwin Dam Id: Cooper-Part-25:296-296 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-25%3A296-296 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 25 p. 296 (DB Cooper-8365), Teletype, dated 30 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3371 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-25%3A296-296
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) 006 FBI Date: 5/30/72
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TO: ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) NORJAK
ON MAY THIRTY INSTANT, SHERIFF WILLIAM CLOSNER, STEVENSON, WASHINGTON, ADVISED THAT ONE [REDACTED] HAD FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE REMNANTS OF A PARACHUTE harness WHICH HAD BEEN BURNED AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN MILES EAST OF THE MERWIN DAM IN SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON. EASTERN MERWIN DAM IS IN WESTERN EXTREMITY OF AREA PREVIOUSLY SEARCHED BY UNITED STATES ARMY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF CLOSNER, THE CLOTH HAS BEEN BURNED OFF AND ONLY THE REMNANTS OF THE HARNESS REMAIN.
[REDACTED] BEING LOCATED AND WILL BE REQUESTED TO remains to ACCOMPANY AGENT TO SITE WHERE PARACHUTE FOUND.
BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF DEVELOPMENTS.
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JEM/rlg (1) 164-81-3371
Approved: ________[signature]________ Sent 10 [time] M Per [initials] Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-8365
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3371