SAC Portland to Director re man claiming to be D.B. Cooper at Portland Police Bureau

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [X] Teletype [X] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ___________ [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] UNCLAS E F T O [X] UNCLAS Date December 7, 1981

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FM PORTLAND (164A-41)

TO DIRECTOR (164A-2111) IMMEDIATE [redacted]

BT

UNCLAS

ATTENTION SECTION CHIEF WAYNE GILBERT, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.

NORJAK

RE BUREAU TELEPHONE CALL TO PORTLAND, DECEMBER 7, 1981, AND PORTLAND CALL TO SUPERVISOR [redacted], PERSONAL CRIMES UNIT, DECEMBER 7, 1981.

THIS DATE AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE "WASHINGTON POST" TO THE EFFECT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CLAIMING TO BE D. B. COOPER HAD ATTEMPTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN TO OFFICERS FROM THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU. THE ARTICLE WENT ON TO SAY THAT FBI, PORTLAND, HAD NO ONE AVAILABLE TO INTERVIEW THE MAN AND TOLD HIM TO CONTACT THE FBI LATER.

THIS DATE SAC ROBERT S. GAST II INTERVIEWED SECURITY PATROL CLERK [redacted] REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. [redacted] ADVISED

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RSG (1) 164-41-1860

[Searched] [Serialized] [Indexed] [Filed]

Approved: ___________ Transmitted [redacted] (Number) /dee (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402 DB Cooper-43378

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date ________

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THAT ON DECEMBER 3, 1981, AT ABOUT THREE A.M., SHE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM AN OFFICER OF THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU STATING THAT HE HAD D. B. COOPER IN HIS OFFICE, WISHING TO TURN HIMSELF IN. [REDACTED] OBTAINED A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND A STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICER THAT THE MAN COULD BE [REDACTED] BUT HE WAS UNSURE. THE INDIVIDUAL HAD IDENTIFIED HIMSELF TO THE POLICE OFFICER AS [REDACTED].

BASED UPON THE INFORMATION SHE DEVELOPED, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT DISPATCHING AN AGENT TO INTERVIEW THE MAN, ENCOURAGED THE POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM, AND ASKED THAT THE MAN CONTACT THE FBI IN THE MORNING FOR ANY INFORMATION HE COULD FURNISH. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE INDIVIDUAL, IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS [REDACTED] CALLED THE PORTLAND OFFICE OF THE FBI, REPEATED WHAT HE HAD TOLD REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU, AND SAID THAT HE WAS TIRED [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] ASKED HIM SEVERAL QUESTIONS, MOST OF WHICH HE WOULD NOT ANSWER. HE SAID THAT [REDACTED] AND WAS PLEASANT THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION

THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS D. B.

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Approved: ________ Transmitted ________ Per ________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402 DB Cooper-43379

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ____________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date ____________

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COOPER WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PORTLAND POLICE OFFICER AS SIX FEET TALL, APPROXIMATELY 210 LBS., WITH DARK EYES AND DARK HAIR, GRAYING AT THE TEMPLES. THE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF HIM BY THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE COMPOSITE SKETCH OF D. B. COOPER. INQUIRY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA SYSTEM AND PORTLAND INDICES FAILS TO REVEAL ANY INFORMATION ON [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED]. b7C

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING THE PAST THREE WEEKS THE PORTLAND DIVISION HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS FROM PERSONS CLAIMING TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SKYJACKING, HAVE THE MONEY, OR IN FACT BE D. B. COOPER. MUCH OF THIS INCREASED INTEREST HAS BEEN OCCASIONED BY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SKYJACKING AND THE RELEASE OF A MOVIE ENTITLED, "IN SEARCH OF D. B. COOPER," WHICH OFFERED A ONE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD IF HE WOULD TURN HIMSELF IN. BASED UPON THE VOLUME OF THESE INQUIRIES AND THE FACT THAT EVERY ONE HAS PROVEN EITHER UNSUBSTANTIATED OR IN SEVERAL INSTANCES SOME TYPE OF HOAX, SAC, PORTLAND, ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONNEL THAT CALLS ON THE COOPER CASE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED PRIOR TO DISPATCHING INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL. THIS WAS DONE TO AVOID AN UNNECESSARY

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DB Cooper-43380 Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402

FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET (struck through) ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET (struck through) ☐ ____________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL (struck through) ☐ UNCLAS E F T O (struck through) ☐ UNCLAS Date ____________

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WASTE OF MANPOWER ON THIS CASE. SAC, PORTLAND, BELIEVES THAT

[REDACTED] ACTED PROPERLY IN THIS SITUATION AND RECOMMENDS NO ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

SAC, PORTLAND, WILL CONDUCT A FURTHER INQUIRY OF THIS MATTER AND EXPEDITIOUSLY ADVISE HEADQUARTERS WITH ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDA- TIONS.

BT

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-43381

Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402