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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 p. 263 (DB Cooper-45732), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-H50 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-101/pages/263
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NR013 SE PLAIN
1028 PM URGENT 12/13/71 FEE
TO WFO
NEW YORK
LOS ANGELES
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
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NORJAK.
RE D.B. COOPER LETTER.
THE SEATTLE TIMES, SEATTLE, HAS TURNED OVER TO THE SEATTLE
OFFICE A LETTER RECEIVED BY THE NEWSPAPER TODAY ADDRESSED TO THE
MANAGING EDITOR OF THE SEATTLE TIMES, BEARING THE POST MARK "U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE. WA NINE EIGHT ZERO" WITH THE DATE DECEMBER ELEVEN,
SEVENTY-ONE. POSTMARK INDICATES LETTER WAS MAILED IN THE GREATER
SEATTLE AREA, BUT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SEATTLE ITSELF. THE LETTER
SIGNED "D.B. COOPER," HE CLAIMS HE LEFT NI FINGERPRINTS, THAT HE
WORE A TOUPEE, AND WORE PUTTY MAKE-UP.
LETTER INDICATES COPIES WERE SENT TO THE WASHINGTON POST, THE
NEW YORK TIMES AND THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.
WFO, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES ARE REQUESTED TO OBTAIN, IF
POSSIBLE, THE COPY OF THE LETTER RECEIVED BY THE INDICATED NEWSPAPER
AND FORWARD SAME TO LABORATORY FOR APPROPRIATE LABORATORY EXAMINA-
TION, INCLUDING USE OF THE TYPWRITER AND FOR LATENT FINGERPRINT
EXAMINATION. SEATTLE IS FORWARDING TODAY ITS COPY OF INSTANT LETTER.
END