FD-340 exhibit 1A-340 — anonymous handwritten letter and envelope to the N.Y. Times claiming to be D.B. Cooper's accomplice
Document date 20 October 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-83:141-147 Document: FD-340 exhibit 1A-340 — anonymous handwritten letter and envelope to the N.Y. Times claiming to be D.B. Cooper's accomplice Id: Cooper-Part-83:141-147 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-83%3A141-147 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 83 pp. 141–147 (DB Cooper-36542, DB Cooper-36543, DB Cooper-36544, DB Cooper-36546, DB Cooper-36548, DB Cooper-36549), Letter, dated 20 Oct 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-83%3A141-147
FD-340 (REV. 6-24-65)
File No. 164-81- Sub A (340) Date Received 10/20/72 From [redacted] N. Y. (NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR)
(CITY AND STATE)
By ___________ (NAME OF SPECIAL AGENT)
To Be Returned ☐ Yes Receipt given ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ No
Description: Two Xerox copies ea of letter [redacted] & envelope addressed [guess: to] N.Y. Times, N.Y. 9/19/72.
See Serial 4013 Sub [guess: R]
DB Cooper-36542
164-81-Sub A (340)
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DB Cooper-36543
[Postmark circular stamp:] U.S. POSTAL SERVICE PM 19 SEP 1972
[Handwritten address:] New York Times 229 W. 43rd New York, N.Y.
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DB Cooper-36544
[letterhead or return address area - partially illegible, appears to show a name/address]
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DEAR SIR, [REDACTED] IS DEAD. "D.B. COOPER" PASSED AWAY ON SEPT 12th TOGETHER WE BOTH PLANNED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKYJACKING TO DATE. WHILE HE WAS ALIVE, [REDACTED] REFUSED TO LET ME TELL THE PUBLIC THAT HE WASN'T REALLY BAD. HE DIED WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINKING HE WAS JUST ANOTHER 'SKYJACKING TERRORIST.' BUT HE WASN'T. TO ME, AND THOSE [WHO] [guess: WOULD KNOW] HIM, HE WAS NOT 'A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL.' HE WAS A KIND AND GENTLE HUMAN BEING. HE LOVED LIFE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD [guess: BUT MONTHS] TO LIVE, HE FACED THE NEWS VERY BRAVELY. [guess: THOUGH] DID NO GOOD. WHAT COULD I SAY? JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE, HE LOST HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. I COULD SENSE A CHANGE COMING OVER HIM. HE WAS FACED WITH DEATH, BUT SOME- THING ELSE WAS ON HIS MIND. WHEN HE FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT THE [guess: JOB], I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING. HE WASN'T. AFTER ALL, HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE AND [guess: PLENTY] TO GAIN. HOWEVER, MONEY WASN'T THE OBJECT. [REDACTED] KNEW THAT HE COULD DEMAND ALMOST ANY AMOUNT AND HE'D PROBABLY GET IT. IN FACT, WE GAVE ALMOST $168,000 OF THE RANSOM MONEY AWAY TO CHARITIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED. HE PAID OFF ALL OF [REDACTED] HOSPITAL BILLS AND GAVE [REDACTED] HE TOLD WE MADE IT. BIG [guess: CO. IN] CANADA LAST YEAR, BUT I'M SURE [REDACTED] GUESSED THE TRUTH. [REDACTED] NEVER SAID [guess: NOTHING] ONE WAS OR THE OTHER. "D.B. COOPER" DIED THINKING THAT [REDACTED] BELIEVED HIM.
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DB Cooper-36546
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DEAR SIRS,
[REDACTED] IS DEAD. "D.B. COOPER" PASSED AWAY ON SEPT 12TH. TOGETHER WE BOTH PLANNED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKYJACKING TO DATE.
WHILE HE WAS ALIVE, [REDACTED] REFUSED TO LET ME TELL THE PUBLIC THAT HE WASN'T REALLY BAD. HE DIED WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINKING HE WAS JUST ANOTHER 'SKYJACKING TERRORIST.' BUT HE WASN'T.
TO ME, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW HIM, HE WAS NOT "A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL." HE WAS A KIND AND GENTLE HUMAN BEING. HE LIVED LIFE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD BUT MONTHS TO LIVE, HE FACED THE NEWS VERY BRAVELY. TAKING DID NO GOOD. WHAT COULD I SAY? JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE, HE LOST HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. I COULD SENSE A CHANGE COMING OVER HIM. HE WAS FACED WITH DEATH, BUT SOME- THING ELSE WAS ON HIS MIND. WHEN HE FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT THE JOB, I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING. HE WASN'T. AFTER ALL, HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE AND PLENTY TO GAIN.
HOWEVER, MONEY WASN'T THE OBJECT. [REDACTED] KNEW THAT HE COULD DEMAND ALMOST ANY AMOUNT AND HE'D PROBABLY GET IT. IN FACT, WE GAVE ALMOST $168,000 OF THE RANSOM MONEY AWAY TO CHARITIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED. HE PAID OFF ALL OF [REDACTED] HOSPITAL BILLS AND [REDACTED] HE TOLD [REDACTED] WE MADE IT BIG UP IN CANADA LAST YEAR, BUT I'M SURE [REDACTED] GUESSED THE TRUTH. [REDACTED] NEVER SAID NOTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. "D.B. COOPER" DIED THINKING THAT [REDACTED] BELIEVED HIM.
EVERYTHING I'VE SAID HERE IS TRUE. I COULD'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE GAVE EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY TO CHARITY, BUT WE DIDN'T. LAST JANUARY WE FLEW TO EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. [REDACTED] WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD BEFORE HE DIED. THAT WAS THE LAST TRIP WE EVER TOOK TOGETHER. HIS LAST [REDACTED] DAYS WERE SPENT COMPLETELY BEDRIDDEN. DISEASE KNAWING HIS INSIDES OUT AND PAIN [guess: SHOOTING] THROUGH HIS BODY, HE NEVER ONCE LOST HIS COURAGE. THE ONLY DAY HE MISSED AN ENTRY IN HIS DIARY WAS THE DAY HE PASSED AWAY. I THINK YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HIS LAST WRITTEN WORDS. .... REALLY WENT TODAY.... MOTHER CAME BY THIS MORNING. I LOVE HER.... LIFE BUT SO IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD IGNORE DEATH, NOR VICE VERSA. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DENIED DEATH THE ATTENTION HE NOW DEMANDS. BEFORE THAT HE TAKE ME, THAN THE LIFE FROM ANYONE ELSE..... EVEN ON THE VERGE OF DEATH, [REDACTED] WAS THINKING OF OTHERS.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
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DB Cooper-36548
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EVERYTHING I'VE SAID HERE IS TRUE. I COULD'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE GAVE EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY TO CHARITY, BUT WE DIDN'T. LAST JANUARY WE FLEW TO EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. [REDACTED] WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD BEFORE HE DIED. THAT WAS THE LAST TRIP WE EVER TOOK TOGETHER.
HIS LAST [REDACTED] DAYS WERE SPENT COMPLETELY BEDRIDDEN. DISEASE KNOWING HIS INSIDES OUT AND PAIN SHOOTING THROUGH HIS BODY, HE NEVER ONCE LOST HIS COURAGE. THE ONLY DAY HE MISSED AN ENTRY IN HIS DIARY WAS THE DAY HE PASSED AWAY. I THINK YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HIS LAST WRITTEN WORDS.
.... REALLY WORE TODAY.... MOTHER CAME BY THIS MORNING. I LOVE HER.... LIFE BUT SO IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD IGNORE DEATH, NOR VICE VERSA. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DENIED DEATH THE ATTENTION HE NOW DEMANDS. BEFORE THAT HE TAKE ME, THAN THE LIFE FROM ANYONE ELSE....
EVEN ON THE VERGE OF DEATH, [REDACTED] WAS THINKING OF OTHERS.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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DB Cooper-36549
Serials: 164-81-Sub A, 340