Handwritten tip letter to FBI from naturalized citizen re Cooper suspect shipped to Germany
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-39:072-078 Document: Handwritten tip letter to FBI from naturalized citizen re Cooper suspect shipped to Germany Id: Cooper-Part-39:072-078 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A072-078 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 39 pp. 72–78 (DB Cooper-15231, DB Cooper-15232, DB Cooper-15233, DB Cooper-15234, DB Cooper-15237), Handwritten note, serial SE 164-81-7294 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A072-078
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Dear Sir,
I'm a Naturalized Citizen since 18 month, my english is not to good, but I try to do my Best.
I lived for a short time in Toronto Canada, 1969 came to U.S.A. 1970.
ALL the Dates from 1972, the Descrip- tion & Age &. so many other things about this D.B. Cooper I like to puzzle together, as I'm unable to keep any record of this around me[illegible]
Could D.B. Cooper's Name be som- thing alike in German Language? Could he be a Canadian? Could the Money be on Swiss Banks? Like Basel on the Rhine River? Or any bigger Town across the [guess: Constant] LAKE also "Bodensee"
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DB Cooper-15231 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED ___ FILED DEC 1 1976 FBI — SEATTLE
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The man I'm speaking [guess: of] Is dark complex + dark hair Blue
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[guess: 1/]
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164-81-7294
Eyes, 'so differenol blue you will never forget when you seen them once. Like porpel. Don't lough, the Eyes are the most important, because I never seen Eyes like that. The Nose was maby broken once. He is MEDIUM in WEIGHT. HE is MABY 5,8 HIGH. HE is SOMEWHERE OVER FOURTY, EARLY FOURTY.
HE is SO SUPERSMART THERE WILL BE HARDLY SOMTHING HE CAN NOT DO. PRACT, OR. HE SPEAKS DIFFEREND LANGUAGE. HE BEEN IN FLOTE OF COUNTRYS, LIKE VIETNAM, KOREAN, MAROCCO, JAPAN. THIS IS WHAT I CAN THINK OF NOW. HE NEVER BEEN A SOLDIER OF ANY COUNTRY. I'm posetive he can para- CHUT. HE NEVER SHOWES OFF WITH A NEW CAR, OR CLOTHING. WHY DO I THINK IT COULD BE HIM. HE HAD BEEN AT LEAST FOR 3 MONTH TOURING OREGON & CALEFORNIA. BEFORE THE Hijacking happen
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DB Cooper-15232
2/. Maby there is a Visa on the [illegible] [illegible] in Toronto Ontario + Consulate in [illegible]
I happen to Read this in a letter my [REDACTED] wrote from Canada Toronto to me.
[REDACTED] HE Never stopt by here. DID HE USE A BLACK VW REAL LATE MODEL OR PLANE I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE MABY IMPORTANT IS HE NEVER HAD A JOB. OR ONLY VERY SHORT.
[REDACTED] WHILE HE WAS [REDACTED] TRAVELING. BEFORE HE TRAVELED U.S.A HE FLEW TO WEST GERMANY CLOSE THE SWISS BORDER, AUSTRIA BORDER, MADE A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT ON A REAL OLD PLACE *. THEN FLEW BACK TO. CANADA TO GOE ON THIS TRIP TO U.S. AFTER THANKSGIVING 72, HE FLEW THE FAMILIE TO THIS PLACE IN GER MANY AND HAD NECESSAR[Y] BELONGING[S]
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DB Cooper-15233
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SHIPED TO GERMANY.[redacted] Him & His FAMILIE CAN LEAV FROM THE MONEY HE GOT FROM THE PLACE HE SOLD IN TORONTO. THAT WOULD LAST HIM AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. HE NEVER HAD A JOB SINCE HE BEEN IN GERMANY. THEY LIVE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE VERY SELDOM, WONDERING ABOUT THEM ANYMORE AM [illegible] [redacted] GOT A CA[guess: R] WHY DID IT TAKE ME FIVE YEARS TO WRITE TO YOU [redacted]
[I] SPOKE AFTER THE HIJACKING[redacted]
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DREAM THINGS UP. [illegible] [S]HE'S NOT JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT THINGS PERIOD [illegible] WE HAD ALOTE OF OUR OWN PROB- LEMS. I HAD TO KEEP THAT FOR MY- SELF TOO. IT WOULD INTERFER IF I GUE[guess: SS] IN [illegible] DETAILS. BUT I'm willing to speak
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[illegible] [guess: cross] this [illegible] my [illegible] story's not "dream" up. IF J can help IF you give me plenty Protection. IF you would not interfer any local FBI. [guess: EW imagin] the [guess: country] like we do is not so simple. [illegible] J F [illegible] JT [illegible] [illegible] Hugo [illegible] MABY THIS IS FROM [guess: IMPORTANTS] TOO! [REDACTED] DID NOT [illegible] KNOW THIS [I/J] WAN JA DISCRIBED TILL 18 months ago and then HE CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT HIM + MY STORY BUT J WAS NOT WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT ANY- MORE AS AFTER MEETING HIM SU- PRISED ON A [guess: FESTIVALE] IN WEST CER- MANY IN JULY 1975. IF J DID NOT KEEP QUIET IT WOULD POINT RIGHT AT ME. [illegible] [illegible] NOV THE MAN WAS OVERLE NERVOUS LOO- KING AND LOOKING AT [REDACTED] HE KNEW [REDACTED] WAS A U.S.A CITIZEN AND [REDACTED] DRESSE[D]
[redacted] JOKINGLY [redacted] WAS PUT IN [guess: AS] BAIT, FROM THIS [illegible] CALL HIM COOPER NOW. AND J WONDER IF [redacted] NOTICED THIS. [redacted] [illegible] ... NOW
J WAS FEELING [illegible] HURT WHEN HE TOLD ME, J DREAMING THINGS UP LIKE J WOULD RUIN OTHER PEOP- LE'S REPUTATION. MABY IT IS A STORY ONLY & I'M WRONG? BUT [guess: I] SPOKE IN A CLOSED ROOM TO [redacted] [redacted], NOT TO MY FRIENDS. [illegible] YM + [illegible]
WHAT I KNOW [guess: ABOUT] [guess: THAT] [guess: IT'S] A FRIEND - [illegible] - [illegible] [guess: THEY] KNOW I'M SUPPOSED [guess: TO CAN] SPEAK [guess: UP] AS A GOOD CITIZEN [guess: TO/IF] THIS IS NEEDED.
- IF [illegible] THIS WOULD HELP YOU, J TELL YOU NAME & TOWN [guess: NO] RUMORE, ABOUT THIS.
[redacted] HOUSE, POURING CEMENT, SEWING OUR OWN CLOTHES, CANNING FOOD, WORKIN[G]
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ALMOST AROUND THE CLOCK. I'm talking about this, so you can see that this letter I wrote, was not written because I want some ENTER- TAINMENT. IT HAS TAKEN MY GOOD TIME.
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[REDACTED] I'm HOME 90% of the WEEK AND [REDACTED] WORKES MOSTLY 6 DAYS A WEEK. WE LIVE [REDACTED]
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THE MAILING ADR. IS, [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-15237
Serials: SE 164-81-7294