To SAC Seattle re $20 ransom bill cashed at gas station

Document date 23 January 1973

Part 29pages 357–3593 pagesDB Cooper-10446–10448

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Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re $20 ransom bill cashed at gas station
Id: Cooper-Part-29:357-359
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 29 pp. 357–359 (DB Cooper-10446–10448), Memo, dated 23 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-29%3A357-359

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 1/23/73

FROM : SA [REDACTED]

SUBJECT: NORJAK 00: SEATTLE

[Handwritten annotation: Sub 582]

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RE: UNSUB, $20 Bill cashed at Gas Station with Ransom Serial Number

On 1/12/73 SA [REDACTED] advised that his office had received a call from [REDACTED] concerning a $20 bill whose serial number appeared to be altered. The altered serial number appeared in the list of D. B. COOPER Ransom Bills.

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On 1/12/73 [REDACTED], Chevron, [REDACTED] Telephone [REDACTED] advised he waited on a customer on 1/11/73 who paid for her purchase with a $20 bill with an altered serial number. [REDACTED] stated the transaction took place at 6:30 PM and the person passing the $20 bill was a White female American, 22 - 25 years old, 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, quite long, wearing blue jeans with designs on them, driving a [REDACTED] dark gray in color. [REDACTED] advised he thought the car had local plates. The girl purchased $5.10 worth of gas and paid for it with a $20.00 bill and a dime. [REDACTED] stated he could recognize her if he saw her again and that the transaction took approximately five minutes. [REDACTED] stated he had a conversation with the girl concerning the year of [REDACTED] and during that conversation learned that the car did not belong to the girl, but was a friend's car.

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The serial number on the bill was L51279635A, Series 69. The digits 635 were cut out and replaced with a $1.00 bill having digits 635. The altered serial numbers appears in the D. B. COOPER ransom list.

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(3) - Seattle RNN/rse [Handwritten initials: R.u.]

[Handwritten date: 164-81- /3 [guess: 1/2]] [Stamp: SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ JAN 23 1973]

DB Cooper-10446

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

SE 164-81

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This bill is presently being held by Agent [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised he would maintain the custody of the bill until the FBI decides the disposition of it. [REDACTED] provided [REDACTED] with a receipt for the $20.00 bill.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-10447

SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 1/23/73

SA [redacted] b6 b7C NORJAK 00: SEATTLE

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Sub 582

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RE: UNSUB, $20 Bill cashed at Gas Station with Ransom Serial Number

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On 1/12/73 SA [redacted] advised b6 that his office had received a call from [redacted] b7C concerning a $20 bill whose serial number appeared to be altered. The altered serial number appeared in the list of D. B. COOPER Ransom Bills.

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On 1/12/73 b6 [redacted] Chevron, [redacted] Telephone [redacted] b7C advised he waited on a customer on 1/11/73 who paid for her purchase with a $20 bill with an altered serial number. [redacted] stated the transaction took place at 6:30 PM and the person passing the $20 bill was a White female American, 22 - 25 years old, 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, quite long, wearing blue jeans with designs on them, driving a [redacted] dark gray in color. [redacted] advised he thought the car had local plates. The girl purchased $5.10 worth of gas and paid for it with a $20.00 bill and a dime. [redacted] stated he could recognize her if he saw her again and that the transaction took approximately five minutes. [redacted] stated he had a conversation with the girl concerning the year of [redacted] and during that conversation learned that the car did not belong to the girl, but was a friend's car.

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The serial number on the bill was L51279635A, Series 69. The digits 635 were cut out and replaced with a $1.00 bill having digits 635. The altered serial number appears in the D. B. COOPER ransom list.

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(3) - Seattle RHN/rse (3)

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164-81- V3 4/2

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SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... JAN 23 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-10448

Serials: SE 164-81

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