WFO to Director re NORJAK: interviews concerning James Bryant Coffelt
This copy: Part 40 pp. 206–209Also filed at Part 62 pp. 101–104 (primary)
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Washington Field Office re interview of Arlington attorney about Coffelt
Document date 2 August 1977
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Id: Cooper-Part-40:206-209
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-40:206-209 Document: Teletype Washington Field Office re interview of Arlington attorney about Coffelt Id: Cooper-Part-40:206-209 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A206-209 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 40 pp. 206–209 (DB Cooper-15901–15904), Teletype, dated 2 Aug 1977, serial SE 164-81-7634 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-40%3A206-209
WFO029 2150127Z RR HQ AT DN LA LR LV MP SD SE DE WF R 020127Z AUG 77 FM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (RUC) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE ATLANTA (164-254) ROUTINE DENVER (164-93) ROUTINE LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE LITTLE ROCK (164-22) ROUTINE LAS VEGAS (164-60) ROUTINE MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) ROUTINE SAN DIEGO (164-91) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE
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BT CLEAR NORJAK, (OO:SEATTLE)
RE WFO AIRTEL TO BUREAU DATED JUNE 21, 1977, AND SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND ABOVE OFFICES DATED JULY 22, 1977.
ON AUGUST 2, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, WAS INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENTS [REDACTED]
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164-81-7634 [partially illegible stamp] AUG 2 [guess: 1977] [illegible initials]
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DB Cooper-15901
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PAGE TWO WF 164-169 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS AN ATTORNEY WITH OFFICES AT 325 PENNSYL- VANIA AVENUE, S.E., WASHINGTON, D. C. (WDC). [REDACTED] MET JAMES BRYANT COFFELT IN 1972 WHEN BOTH WERE ATTENDING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. [REDACTED] DESCRIBES COFFELT AS A COUNTRY BOY WHO WAS "A REAL CON MAN."
ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] COFFELT WAS A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON WHO WAS A GOOD STORY TELLER AND SALESMAN. COFFELT TOLD [REDACTED] HE, COFFELT, WAS FROM THE COLSON HILLS AREA, HAD DONE TIME FOR BANK ROBBERY, AND HAD BEEN PAROLED IN 1955. ACCORDING TO COFFELT, WHEN TRUMAN WAS UNDER SIEGE AT THE BLAIR HOUSE, A GUARD-RELATIVE HAD SAVED TRUMAN'S LIFE AND THE FAMILY WAS REWARDED WITH COFFELT'S PAROLE. [REDACTED] LAST SAW COFFELT ON DECEMBER 27 OF 1974 OR 1975, WHEN COFFELT WAS MOVING TO LAS VEGAS.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO A [REDACTED] CAME TO WASHINGTON AND [REDACTED] WENT TO BREAKFAST WITH HIM. [REDACTED] TALKED ABOUT A [REDACTED] COFFELT HAD WRITTEN [REDACTED] AND THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING THE BOOK. [REDACTED] WAS TRYING TO LOCATE COFFELT AND ASKED IF COFFELT HAD OWED [REDACTED] ANY MONEY. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAD DONE SOME LEGAL WORK FOR COFFELT
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DB Cooper-15902
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IN A CLAIM COFFELT HAD AGAINST ROBERT TODD LINCOLN BECKWITH AND WAS STILL OWED MONEY FOR LEGAL FEES.
AFTER [REDACTED] VISIT, A PRODUCER FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CALLED AND ADVISED THEY NEEDED PERMISSION TO MAKE PUBLIC SOME OF COFFELT'S WORK. [REDACTED] SAID HE WAS OFFERED $25,000 AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS AND [REDACTED] WAS OFFERED THE SAME. [REDACTED] DECLINED AND ADVISED HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY [REDACTED] THAT SHE, [REDACTED] WAS VERY DISTRESSED OVER A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A MAN NAMED [REDACTED] WHO HAD GONE TO A RELATIVE OF [REDACTED] AND COFFELT WERE COUSINS. [REDACTED] ADVISED THE AGENTS THAT DURING THE TIME HE KNEW [REDACTED] AND JACK COFFELT, THEY HAD NOT [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED HE COULD NOT BELIEVE COFFELT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A HIJACKING, "IT WAS NOT HIS STYLE," AND "I DON'T THINK HE'D KNOW HOW TO OPEN A PARACHUTE LET ALONE OPEN AN AIRPLANE'S DOOR FROM THE INSIDE." [REDACTED] STATED COFFELT HAD ENTRUSTED NOTHING TO [REDACTED] FOR SAFEKEEPING IN A VAULT OR ELSEWHERE.
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DB Cooper-15903
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IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] WDC, WAS RECONTACTED REGARDING A REVIEW OF COFFELT'S MEDICAL RECORDS IN AN EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN COFFELT'S WHEREABOUTS ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 24, 1971. [REDACTED] ADVISED HIS RECORDS ON COFFELT INDICATED HE LAST TREATED HIM DURING MARCH, 1971. HE BELIEVED HIS TREATMENT OF COFFELT SPANNED 7-9 YEARS.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS BT
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DB Cooper-15904
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Serials: 164-2111, AT 164-254, LA 164-497, LR 164-22, LV 164-60, MP 164-73, PG 164-93, SD 164-91, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7634, WF 164-169