SAC Denver to SAC Seattle re Denver Post tip line report
Document date 20 April 1972
Part of: SAC Denver to SAC Seattle re Denver Post 'Secret Witness' call
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 p. 240, Memo, dated 20 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3470 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-67%3A240-240
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 4/20/72
SAC, DENVER (164-98)(P)
NORJAK OO: Seattle
Re Denver letter to Seattle dated 4/14/72.
On 4/11/72, [REDACTED], "Denver Post", Denver daily newspaper, advised ASAC [REDACTED], Denver, as follows:
The "Denver Post" operates a special feature called "Secret Witness" which is dedicated to assisting the Denver PD in the solution of major cases through the offering of a reward for information of this type with the source not being disclosed and the source through the use of a series of numbers identifying himself to the "Post" and being in a position to further identify himself if the information is true.
[REDACTED] said that a telephone line at the "Denver Post" called "Secret Witness Line" is sometimes utilized for information.
According to [REDACTED], the secret witness line at the "Denver Post" received a telephone call at 9:05 p.m., 4/11/72. The caller stated he received "a call Tuesday night from D.B. COOPER, the plane hijacker." He claimed this individual's real name is [REDACTED], who lives in the southeastern United States, possibly Arkansas or Alabama, and claimed he served with "D.B." in the Airborne Division in the service.
This caller said "D.B." asked the caller to meet "D.B." at one of three spots in the Denver area: Wellshire Inn; The Retreat; or Holiday Inn North. "D.B." said they
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SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED..../2...FILED....Q... APR 2 4 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
Serials: DN 164-98, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3470