SAC Detroit to SAC New York re Secret Witness Program tip on Cooper suspect
Document date 6 February 1976
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Id: Cooper-Part-37:142-143
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-37:142-143 Document: Airtel SAC Detroit to SAC New York re Secret Witness Program tip on Cooper suspect Id: Cooper-Part-37:142-143 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A142-143 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 37 pp. 142–143 (DB Cooper-14283–14284), Airtel, dated 6 Feb 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A142-143
SAC, NEW YORK 2/6/76
- UE J SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (P)
UNSUB, aka, Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines, Flight 350, Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE
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For the information of New York and Seattle Divisions [REDACTED] is the [REDACTED] of the "Secret Witness Program" of a local Detroit newspaper. The "Secret Witness Program" offers rewards in varying amounts to individuals who anonymously furnish infor- mation to the newspaper in current local investigations and cases of national prominence.
By letter dated 1/26/76 [REDACTED] advised the Detroit of the following information which he had anonymously been furnished by a "tipster":
"Regarding the 'D.B. Cooper' who hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight over Washington four years ago, I knew a [REDACTED] (who some- times wrote his name so that the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and who hurriedly left the country for Uganda, South Africa on the day of the hijacking. [REDACTED] became quite interested in flying a few months before leaving the country and left the organization [REDACTED] [REDACTED] About two years ago he
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2 - New York 1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 2 - Detroit EJJ:psn (5)
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-6849 [illegible signature/initials]
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DB Cooper-14283
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b6 b7C
DE 164-115
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returned in especially good financial condition and obtained a position [REDACTED] the New York State Credit Union League of which I believe he is still associated."
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LEADS:
NEW YORK
AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Will, through New York State Credit Union League attempt to identify and locate [REDACTED] and attempt to determine if identical with D.B. COOPER.
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DETROIT
AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Will maintain contact with [REDACTED] in the event anonymous "tipster" furnishes any additional information.
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DB Cooper-14284
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b6 b7C
Serials: DE 164-115, SE 164-81