SAC Denver to SAC Seattle re Denver Post 'Secret Witness' call
Document date 20 April 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 196–197 (DB Cooper-8592–8593), Memo, dated 20 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A196-197
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 4/20/72
FROM : SAC, DENVER (164-98)(P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: Seattle
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Re Denver letter to Seattle dated 4/14/72.
On 4/11/72, [REDACTED] "Denver Post", Denver daily newspaper, advised ASAC [REDACTED] Denver, as follows:
The "Denver Post" operates a special feature called "Secret Witness" which is dedicated to assisting the Denver PD in the solution of major cases through the offering of a reward for information of this type with the source not being disclosed and the source through the use of a series of numbers identifying himself to the "Post" and being in a position to further identify himself if the information is true.
[REDACTED] said that a telephone line at the "Denver Post" called "Secret Witness Line" is sometimes utilized for information.
According to [REDACTED] the secret witness line at the "Denver Post" received a telephone call at 9:05 p.m., 4/11/72. The caller stated he received "a call Tuesday night from D.B. COOPER, the plane hijacker." He claimed this individual's real name is [REDACTED] who lives in the southeastern United States, possibly Arkansas or Alabama, and claimed he served with "D.B." in the Airborne Division in the service.
This caller said "D.B." asked the caller to meet "D.B." at one of three spots in the Denver area: Wellshire Inn; The Retreat; or Holiday Inn North. "D.B." said they
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(2) - Seattle (RM) 2 - Denver JMB:sls (4)
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
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DB Cooper-8592
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[illegible signature]
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[FBI seal/stamp partially visible]
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DN 164-98
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would plan together a hijacking. The caller said he had been in prison and wasn't interested in going back, so the caller told "D.B." he wouldn't meet. The caller claimed he tried to interest the Denver police but no one expressed enthusiasm.
On 4/13/72, the following investigation was conducted at Denver, Colorado, with negative results in an attempt to identify [REDACTED]
Denver City directory;
[REDACTED] Credit Bureau Services Inc., Denver, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] Department of Motor Vehicles, [REDACTED]
Denver PD, [REDACTED]
Wellshire Inn, 3333 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver, [REDACTED]
Retreat Bar and Restaurant, 2186 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver, [REDACTED]
Holiday Inn North, 4849 Bannock Street, Denver, [REDACTED]
No further inquiry is contemplated by Denver in the absence of more positive information regarding [REDACTED]
Further investigation re [REDACTED] is left to the discretion of Seattle.
Armed and Dangerous
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DB Cooper-8593