Part 4, page 25

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

0-20 (Rev. 9-11-73)

[two redaction circles at top center]

Routing slip (right margin): Assoc. Dir. ___ Asst. Dir.: ___ Admin. ___ Comp. Syst. ___ Ext. Affairs _[checked]_ Files & C[omm] ___ Gen. In[v.] _[checked]_ Ident. ___ Inspection ___ Intell. _[checked]_ Laboratory ___ Plan. & Eval. _[checked]_ Spec. Inv. ___ Training ___ Legal Coun. ___ Telephone Rm. ___ Director Sec'y ___

[Handwritten in center:] ( Norjak ) [Handwritten signature top right, illegible] [Handwritten below:] Huppo[illegible]

---

044A KIPERTS 11-10 PORTLAND, ORE. (UPI) -- THE FBI SAYS IT HAS DEFINITELY ELIMINATED ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN A CAPTURED BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT AND THE ELUSIVE SKYJACKER "D. B. COOPER" WHO PARACHUTED FROM AN AIRLINER IN 1971 WITH $200,000 IN RANSOM. JULIUS MATTSON, FBI SPECIAL AGENT, SAID FRIDAY ROBBERY SUSPECT ARVIDIS J. KIPERTS, 41, OF VANCOUVER, WASH., WAS NOT THE MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF "COOPER" IN THE HIJACKING OF THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES JETLINER. THE AGENT SAID "COOPER" WAS DESCRIBED AS THIN BUT KIPERTS WAS STOCKY. HE ADDED THAT WITNESSES TO THE HIJACKING LOOKED AT A PICTURE OF KIPERTS AND SAID HE WAS NOT "COOPER." THE FBI SAID IT HAD CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT KIPERTS WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE AT THE TIME OF THE PLANE HIJACKING. KIPERTS WAS ARRESTED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIF., MONDAY NIGHT ON AN OREGON BANK ROBBERY CHARGE AND IS A SUSPECT IN A SECOND BANK ROBBERY IN OREGON IN WHICH THE HOLDUP MAN DOODLED THE NAME "D. B. COOPER" ON A BANK DEPOSIT SLIP. A MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF D. B. COOPER HIJACKED THE PLANE BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE ON THANKSGIVING EVE, 1971, AND DEMANDED THE RANSOM AND FOUR PARACHUTES. HE BAILED OUT OF THE PLANE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND RENO, NEV. AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. KIPERTS IS BEING HELD IN LIEU OF $150,000 BAIL AND IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE A U.S. MAGISTRATE IN SAN DIEGO NOV. 19. UPI 11-10 04:20 AES

---

[Handwritten:] 11-2111-A-164-211- [Stamp:] RECORDED EZ61-C2 ADN NOV 20 1973 [Handwritten routing code:] AUCR[illegible] 70 NOV 0[7] 1973 WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE [Handwritten:] 6-D6F file