Insert re anonymous letter from San Diego submitted to managing editor of The Oregonian

Document date 1 December 1971

Part 90pages 324–3252 pagesDB Cooper-40339–40340

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 90 pp. 324–325 (DB Cooper-40339–40340), Report, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-169 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A324-325

PD 164-41 JTH:krv 1

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On December 1, 1971, a letter submitted to the managing editor of "The Oregonian," Portland, Oregon, was submitted to the Portland FBI Office. This anonymous letter was dated November 28, 1971, and the anonymous writer typed his location as San Diego, California. The letter began with the words, "I believe I may have valuable information for you to relay to the FBI office your city about the parachuting skyjacker who left the N-O Airlines plane in your area." He continued that this individual was [REDACTED], and bore a similarity to the artist's conception photograph which had appeared in newspapers.

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The following individuals were interviewed and displayed the artist's conception photograph of the unknown subject by SA [REDACTED] on December 1, 1971. They all advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] They advised that they had employed, during the spring of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in operations. [REDACTED]

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The above individuals stated that the artist's conception photograph did not match the description of any

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164-41-169 [illegible handwritten notations] DB Cooper-40339

PD 164-41 JTH:krv 2

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employees they had hired, adding that innumberable individuals were hired by [REDACTED] [REDACTED], and that these individuals could have been believed, by an outside customer, to be employed [REDACTED]. They stated that it would be almost an impossibility to check all [REDACTED] who were hired by [REDACTED]. An artist's conception photograph and description was left on the [REDACTED] billboard.

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DB Cooper-40340

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b6 b7C

Serials: PD 164-41, PD 164-41-169