Royal Globe Insurance Companies to SA Thomas J. Manning re informant claiming knowledge of Cooper and ransom money
Document date 22 June 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-37:444-445 Document: Letter Royal Globe Insurance Companies to SA Thomas J. Manning re informant claiming knowledge of Cooper and ransom money Id: Cooper-Part-37:444-445 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A444-445 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. 444–445 (DB Cooper-14630–14631), Letter, dated 22 Jun 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A444-445
ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANIES
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Claim C Loss Dept W. Comp. 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028 TEL: (212) 732-6400
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June 22, 1976
Mr. Thomas J. Manning Federal Bureau of Investigation P. O. Box 429 Longview, Washington 98532
Dear Sir:
Insured: Northwest Airlines Hijacking 11/24/71
This furthers your June 15, 1976 telephone conversation with our[REDACTED] concerning the potential recovery of b6 the funds, which we paid to the captioned insured as a result b7C of the hijacking of one of its planes by an individual identi- fied as D. B. Cooper.
The Northwest Airlines were apparently approached by [REDACTED] of Kirkland, Washington, who offered his b6 services as [REDACTED] with the indication that, according b7C to his information, the hijacker landed with the money in a lake, and that he, [REDACTED] would be able to locate the bag and possibly the body of the late D. B. Cooper and bring it to the surface.
The Northwest Airlines contacted our attorney, who in turn advised us of the situation.
We then contacted [REDACTED] by phone and this is briefly b6 that [REDACTED] told us: b7C
He [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] in Kirkland. He has [REDACTED] b7C and since he believes, on the basis of the information, which he was able to gather, that D. B. Cooper with the money landed in a lake in the [guess: Lewis] River Canyon, he would undertake the search for the money for a certain percen- tage of the redeemable bills.
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[partially illegible stamp] [guess: 6/24] - [illegible] - 6988 DB Cooper-14630
Mr. [redacted] J. [redacted] - 2 - June 22, 1976
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[redacted] directed us to your [redacted] with the Seattle, Washington F. B. I., who in turn informed us that the Lake ([guess: Merwin]) is in your operational territory and that it may be wise to contact you.
We are seriously considering [redacted] services. If you can throw some light on the background of the story and assist us in our endeavors, would you please get in touch with [redacted] in our Seattle, Washington Claim Office, 490 Dexter Horton Building, telephone number is [redacted]
[redacted] will convey to us any information obtained from you and we will then eventually decide upon our further course.
Thanking you in advance for your cooperation, we remain,
Very truly yours,
[redacted]
JMB:mor
cc: [redacted] Seattle, Washington Claim Office
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DB Cooper-14631
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b6 b7C
Serials: 6988
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