Part 108, page 16

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[REDACTED] September 9, 1976 Federal Bureau of Investigation

Re: Hijacking Northwest Airlines 11/24/71

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money. The woman allegedly knows Cooper's friends and could help to trace him.

Attorney [REDACTED] told me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was informed of those details about 2½ years ago, but apparently the information did not warrant the Bureau's attention. The attorney suggested a meeting in his office between the woman and a representative of our company.

For the time being this tip was laid to rest.

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3. Following [REDACTED] of Oakland, California, dated 8/10/76, copy attached, I called [REDACTED] on September 1, 1976. He told me that he knows somebody who knows Cooper. Cooper is allegedly in the sheet metal business operations. [REDACTED] was told to get in touch with us if he has anything concrete to report. He wanted to know how much we were willing to pay for this information. I indicated to him that we would consider sharing the redeemable money on a reasonable basis. We were not told who [REDACTED] informer was. [REDACTED] was referring to this individual as his [REDACTED] We are not attaching too much hope to [REDACTED] submitted "clue".

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4. As I told you I had called [REDACTED] Napa, California. Please refer to the attached copy of his 8/15/76 letter to Northwest Airlines, Inc. Please confirm your statement that the parts of a parachute allegedly found by [REDACTED] did not match the material of the parachute used by D. B. Cooper. We will obviously abandon this lead based on the information supplied by you.

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Hopefully something more concrete will eventually develop, which

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DB COOPER-48969

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