Little Rock to Director and field offices re Coffelt/D.B. Cooper claims and film producers
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Little Rock to Director and offices re Coffelt claims and witness interviews
Document date 20 July 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-61:375-386 Document: Teletype Little Rock to Director and offices re Coffelt claims and witness interviews Id: Cooper-Part-61:375-386 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A375-386 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 61 pp. 375–386 (DB Cooper-25611, DB Cooper-25612, DB Cooper-25613, DB Cooper-25615, DB Cooper-25616, DB Cooper-25617, DB Cooper-25618, DB Cooper-25619, DB Cooper-25620, DB Cooper-25621, DB Cooper-25622, DB Cooper-25623), Teletype, dated 20 Jul 1977, serial LA 164-497-941 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A375-386
TELETYPE ROOM Jul 20 6 19 PM '77
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P 2022452 JUL 77
FM LITTLE ROCK (164-22)(P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) PRIORITY SEATTLE (164-81) PRIORITY DENVER (164-98) PRIORITY LOS ANGELES (164-497) PRIORITY ATLANTA PRIORITY LAS VEGAS PRIORITY SAN DIEGO (164-91) PRIORITY MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) PRIORITY ///////////ALL OFFICES VIA FBI HEADQUARTERS////////////////
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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, AND DENVER TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977.
ON JULY 20, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WERE INTERVIEWED AT FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., AND FURNISHED FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
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164-497-94[guess: 1] [illegible] J. A[guess: ISTON] [illegible]
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DB Cooper-25611
PAGE TWO LR 164-22 CLEAR
APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO [REDACTED] WAS CONTACTED BY [REDACTED] OF UNITED PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, A SUBSIDIARY OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, REGARDING HER [REDACTED] DESIRED TO MAKE FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. [REDACTED] OFFERED HER $5,000 FOR A 10-DAY PERIOD, AND [REDACTED] ESTIMATED THAT RESIDUAL RIGHTS MIGHT RUN AS HIGH AS $30,000.
ON THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1977, SHE RETURNED FROM A FLIGHT ON FRONTIER AIRLINES TO HER BASE STATION AT DENVER, COLORADO. SHE HAD JUST WALKED UP THE STAIRS WHEN A YOUNG MAN CAME RUNNING TOWARD HER AND CALLED HER BY NAME. THE MAN SAID HE KNEW WHO SHE WAS BUT THAT SHE WOULD NOT KNOW HIM. SHE ASSUMED THIS WAS [REDACTED] AND STATED, "YOU FINALLY FOUND ME. YOU MUST BE [REDACTED] HE WANTED [REDACTED] SUGGESTED THEY GO UPSTAIRS TO THE COFFEE SHOP TO TALK. SHE BECAME FRIGHTENED AND REQUESTED THAT HE GO WITH HER INTO THE [REDACTED] ROOM. THEY WENT INTO THAT ROOM AND SAT IN ONE CORNER AND TALKED FOR AWHILE. HIS REASON [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BRYANT
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DB Cooper-25612
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PAGE THREE LR 164-22 CLEAR
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JACK COFFELT, AND CLAIMED THAT COFFELT WAS D. B. COOPER. HE WANTED HER TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] COFFELT AS THE HIJACKER AND THEN SIGN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAD IDENTIFIED [REDACTED] IN THE PRESENCE OF A NOTARY PUBLIC. SHE ASKED HIM HIS NAME, AND HE SAID [REDACTED] AND SHE QUESTIONED WHETHER THAT WAS HIS TRUE NAME. HE HAD A SHEEPISH LOOK ON HIS FACE AND THEN GAVE HIS NAME AS [REDACTED] SHE TOLD HIM SHE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT [REDACTED] AND GAVE HIM HER TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND HE WAS TO CALL HER ON FRIDAY AT HER HOME IN DENVER.
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EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1977, HE TELEPHONED HER AND REQUESTED TO COME TO HER RESIDENCE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SHE GAVE HIM THE ADDRESS, HOWEVER, HE DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 8:30 PM. WHEN HE ARRIVED [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] SHE WENT OUTSIDE BY THE SWIMMING POOL TO TALK WITH [REDACTED] AND HE SHOWED HER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BEARING THE TYPED NAME OF BRYANT JACK COFFELT. [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-25613
PAGE FIVE LR 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] SHE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DISCUSSED IT RATHER BRIEFLY AND, WHEN [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] THAT COOPER DID NOT LEAVE THE HIJACKED PLANE IN THE WOODLAND, WASHINGTON, AREA BUT THAT HE HAD [REDACTED] [REDACTED] REAR STAIRS WERE OPENED. COOPER STATED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED — large blank or redacted block]
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DB Cooper-25615
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PAGE SIX LR 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED]
FBI HAD REGARDING HIS HAVING LEFT THE PLANE NEAR WOODLAND, WASHINGTON, WAS I CORRECT.
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AFTER SHE [REDACTED] CAME OUT AND [REDACTED] THEN [REDACTED] SHOWED HER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HE CLAIMED WAS COFFELT. HE WANTED HER TO IDENTIFY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT THEM, RECALLING THAT THE HIJACKER HAD DARKER SKIN, A RECEDING HAIRLINE WITH THIN BLACK HAIR, AND, AFTER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS REALLY D. B. COOPPER. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] HAD THE HAIRLINE, THE THINNING HAIR, THE EARS, NOSE, AND LONG FACE, [REDACTED] SHE MENTIONED TO [REDACTED] AND HE EXPLAINED THAT COFFELT HAD A DARK COMPLEXION [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-25616
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PAGE SEVEN LR 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED]
CLAIMED TO HAVE TAKEN AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN SUMMER 1974.
[REDACTED] CONFIRMED ALL OF THE ABOVE DETAILS WHICH APPEARED [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] MR. BOYLE, A BOEING EXECUTIVE WHO IS NOW DECEASED, WAS INVOLVED IN A PLOT WITH COFFELT AND A THIRD MAN, UNNAMED, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND WHO HAD FLOWN FOR NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES. [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] TO GET IN TOUCH WITH [REDACTED] AN ATTORNEY IN WASHINGTON, D. C., [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] TO BE OPENED IN JULY 1984. [REDACTED] CLAIMED [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] ALSO CLAIMED [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-25617
PAGE EIGHT LR 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED]
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 15, 1977, AFTER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT WHICH TIME [REDACTED] TOLD HIM [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] CLAIM [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AT THAT TIME [REDACTED] ALSO STATED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN THE CONVERSATION [REDACTED] HAD WITH [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT HIS ATTORNEY WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] GEORGIA. [REDACTED] STATED HIS NAME WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND THAT [REDACTED] GEORGIA. [REDACTED] ALSO STATED THAT [REDACTED] HIS ATTORNEY, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TOLD [REDACTED] NEVER TO CONTACT [REDACTED] AGAIN AND THAT [REDACTED]
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? NOT TRUE
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DB Cooper-25618
0-&3 ,8,3 )4 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] AND GAVE HIM HIS OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED [REDACTED] AS A WHITE MALE, 6'2", 185-190 POUNDS, BLUE EYES, SANDY BROWN HAIR, NICE LOOKING, [REDACTED] WHO WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS AND HIKING BOOTS.
ON SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO ARKANSAS, AND [REDACTED] HAS STAYED WITH HIM INASMUCH AS SHE IS TERRIFIED OF THE SITUATION THAT HHAS DEVELOPED. ON MONDAY, JULY 18, 1977, [REDACTED] MADE SEVERAL TELEPHONE CALLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY TRUTHFULNESS TO [REDACTED] CONTINGENT. HE CONTACTED [REDACTED] AND ALSO HAD AN ATTORNEY FRIEND OF HIS IN CALIFORNIA DO SOME CHECKING AND LEARNED THAT [REDACTED] IS APPARENTLY LEGITIMATE. HE ALSO CONTACTED [REDACTED] IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND LEARNED THAT [REDACTED] WAS CONTACTED APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO BY [REDACTED] AND THAT [REDACTED] DESIRED [REDACTED] TO REPRESENT [REDACTED]
ABOUT [REDACTED] COFFELT. [REDACTED] OFFICE TELEPHONE IS [REDACTED] AND HOME TELEPHONE [REDACTED] HE ALSO
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DB Cooper-25619
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PAGE TEN LR 164-22 CLEAR
DETERMINED THROUGH HIS CONVERSATION WITH [REDACTED] HAD REPRESENTED [REDACTED] IN SOME BUSINESS DEALINGS IN THE PAST AND THAT [REDACTED] WHO CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AND HAS TELEPHONE [REDACTED] THEREAFTER TELEPHONED [REDACTED] IN LAS VEGAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT [REDACTED] AND LEARNED THAT [REDACTED] WAS TRAVELLING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT WOULD RETURN TO LAS VEGAS IN A FEW DAYS.
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[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE WAS TOLD BY [REDACTED] NOT TO CONTACT THE FBI OR ANY AUTHORITIES INASMUCH AS THE FBI THOUGHT [REDACTED]
[LARGE REDACTED BLOCK]
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[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] STATED THHAT IF THE STORY GIVEN BY [REDACTED] WAS NOT TRUE, THEN [REDACTED] HAD DONE A LOT OF SERIOUS RESEARCH TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS STORY AND WAS VERY CONVINCING IN HIS APPROACH AND MANNER. [REDACTED] STATED THAT IN HER OPINION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] TO NOT HAVE SOME VERACITY.
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DB Cooper-25620
PAGE ELEVEN LR 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] STATED SHE HAD NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER TO ACCEPT [REDACTED] BUT THAT [REDACTED] HAD TOLD HER HE HAD CONTACTED ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FLIGHT CREW AND THEY HAD ALL AGREED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SHE STATED SHE PLANNED TO CONTACT EACH OF THE MEMBERS OFF THE FLIGHT CREW OF THE HIJACKED AIRPLANE AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND WHETHER THEY HAD AGREED WITH [REDACTED] IT WAS STRONGLY SUGGESTED TO HER THAT THE RELEASE OF THE INTIMATE DETAILS OF THE HIJACKING WHICH ARE KNOWN TO HER AND MEMBERS OF THE FLIGHT CREW MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR RELEASE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FORM OF A BOOK, MAGAZINE ARTICLE, OR MOTION PICTURE. [REDACTED] PLANS TO REMAIN IN [REDACTED] ARK., UNTIL FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1977, WHEN SHE WILL RETURN TO DENVER AND RESUME HER DUTIES WITH FRONTIER AIRLINES.
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[REDACTED] SPECULATED THAT [REDACTED] COULD HAVE BEEN CONNECTED AND THAT [REDACTED] WOULD ONLY AGREE TO ACCEPT [REDACTED] STORY IF HE GOT SOME VERIFICATION FROM [REDACTED] IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] STATED THAT [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-25621
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0-&3 523);3 )4 164-22 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] WAS ALSO TOLD BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
DURING [REDACTED] TELEPHONE CALL WITH [REDACTED] HE LEARNED THAT [REDACTED] DID NOT HAVE [REDACTED] CLAIMED BY [REDACTED] THAT [REDACTED] DIID NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT [REDACTED] HAD CONTACTED GRIFFIN BELL AND HAD NO APPOINTMENT TO MEET WITH JAMES EARL RAY; THAT [REDACTED] DID NOT KNOW ATTORNEY [REDACTED] IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
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RECEIVING OFFICES WILL COVER LEADS SET FORTH UNLESS ADVISED TO THE CONTRARY BY THE BUREAU OR SEATTLE.
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ATLANTA AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA: CONTACT [REDACTED] REGARDING [REDACTED] THE REASON FOR [REDACTED] REQUESTING REPRESENTATION BY [REDACTED] AND INTERVIEW REGARDING THE DETAILS SET FORTH ABOVE.
DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO: UPON THE RETURN OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WILL MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH HER IN THE EVENT SHE IS CONTACTED IN THE FUTURE BY [REDACTED]
LOS ANGELES: IF NOT ALREADY DONE, DETERMINE IF [REDACTED] IS AFFILIATED WITH UNITED PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, A SUBSIDIARY OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, AND DISCREETLY DETERMINE WHETHER HE PLANS A FILM OR EXPOSE OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
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DB Cooper-25622
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PAGE THIRTEEN LR 164-22 CLEAR
LAS VEGAS: CONTACT [REDACTED] TELEPHONE [REDACTED] AND DETERMINE PRESENT LOCATION OF [REDACTED]. DETERMINE WHETHER [REDACTED] WAS RELATED TO COFFELT. ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW [REDACTED] REFERRED TO ABOVE.
SEATTLE: CONSIDER CONTACTING [REDACTED] THROUGH NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES AND INTERVIEW REGARDING COOPER [REDACTED] CONSIDER CONTACTING OTHER FFLIGHT CREW MEMBERS AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] REGARDING A CONSULTATION ON A FILM. FURNISH RECEIVING OFFICES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
SAN DIEGO AND MINNEAPOLIS: COVER LEAD AS SET FORTH IN REFERENCED SEATTLE TELETYPE.
LITTLE ROCK AT [REDACTED] ARK.: INTERVIEW [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND OBTAIN DESCRIPTION OF [REDACTED] AND DETAILS OF THE CONTACT BETWEEN [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] AS SET FORTH ABOVE. NOTE THAT [REDACTED] ALSO RESIDE IN [REDACTED]
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS CONTACT LITTLE ROCK DIVISION. BT
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DB Cooper-25623
Serials: 164-2111, DN 164-98, LA 164-497, LA 164-497-941, LR 164-22, MP 164-73, SD 164-91, SE 164-81