Anonymous handwritten letter to Portland/Woodland police theorizing hijacker was an ex-Marine paratrooper, with Long Beach envelope
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-74:024-028 Document: Anonymous handwritten letter to Portland/Woodland police theorizing hijacker was an ex-Marine paratrooper, with Long Beach envelope Id: Cooper-Part-74:024-028 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-74%3A024-028 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 74 pp. 24–28 (DB Cooper-31866–31870), Letter — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-74%3A024-028
Dear Police: Portland, A Woodland Re: Hijacker - 200,000 Case
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1. My theory: This man is crazy like a fox. This was planned well. a. This man, no questions in my mind, a former Marine. No soldier in the Army, has their daring. A Paratrooper. b. He was a a former [guess: huntsman] & loves sports. The wilds has no horror for him. He was also a former [guess: scout/graduating] into a Sportsman. Huntsman. He knew these wilds well. Hunted there, etc. He figured [guess: the location] [guess: guy] "got to Italy; he could drop down in such wilds with dough. c. Marine paratrooper releases, particularly, their induction papers in service, should be studied. The clue is in the induction papers. He mentioned scouting & hunting to show his daring [guess: for] the Marines. He was not secretive [guess: per]
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DB Cooper-31866 [guess: ser].
d. This man, in service, was [guess: demoralized]. He hid his confidence & light under the 'bushel.' A very secretive type. A [guess: known] [guess: parathough] [guess: schram] definitely. [illegible] on e. [guess: Possibly] [illegible] [guess: October 23d] [illegible] e. [guess: Yourself] [guess: find] I'm [illegible]. If I'm right, please see [illegible] the reward.
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[REDACTED]
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* They [guess: most] [guess: secretive] type. They do not confide in others. One can't get anything out of them, [guess: unless] they want to talk. He sounds as if he [guess: worked] an [guess: dollars] like a [guess: longshore] man. From his [guess: bands] [illegible] [guess: I have] solved many things [guess: during] [guess: from] [guess: knives] [guess: for cult].
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Long Beach, Calif. b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-31867 b6 b7C
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[guess: Calling] for [guess: assistance], if [guess: necessary].
[guess: Sheriff] Police dept & air transportation, also for [guess: reward].
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DB Cooper-31868
LONG BEACH, CA PM 29 NOV 1971
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[illegible]
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The Township of Woodland, City Hall, Woodland, State of Washington.
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DB Cooper-31869
[guess: Long] Beach Calif.
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-31870