Letter · From SAC John G. Devine declining citizen's offer to search for Cooper · 3 December 1976 · page 1 of 2AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Document date 3 December 1976AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 p. 96 (DB Cooper-1320), Letter, dated 3 Dec 1976, serial PD 164-41-1547 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-10/pages/96
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Portland, Oregon
December 3, 1976
[REDACTED]
Chicago, Illinois [REDACTED]
Dear [REDACTED]
Thank you for your letter to Special Agent
[REDACTED] of this office offering your services
searching the ground area of Southwest Washington into
which hijacker Dan Cooper parachuted on November 24, 1971.
I must tell you that it will not be possible
for the FBI to take advantage of your offer of services
since there is no authority or funds available for such
an arrangement.
I am sorry to have to disappoint you, but I
hope you will understand.