Interview report (FD-302)Re Washington Post receipt of letter purportedly from D. B. CooperInterviewed 14 December 19711 page
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Part 101, page 208

DB Cooper-45671Serials SE 164-81-7256

Interviewed 14 December 1971Dictated 15 December 1971Transcribed 16 December 1971

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 12/16/71

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A confidential source furnished the following information:

On December 14, 1971, "The Washington Post" newspaper, 1515 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (WDC), received a blue carbon copy of a letter purportedly from one "D. B. COOPER". The letter was not dated, was typed, and bore no handwriting. The envelope containing letter was post- marked "11 Dec. 1971, U.S. Postal Service WA 980".

The letter concerned the recent hijacking of a Northwest Orient aircraft.

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Interviewed on 12/14/71 at Washington, D.C. File # WFO 164-169

by SA [REDACTED] kmr Date dictated 12/15/71 b6 b7C DB COOPER-45671 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 164-81 - [guess: 7256] [guess: sub 130]