Document date 28 April 1972AIDates: 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 109 p. 327 (DB Cooper-49832), Teletype, dated 28 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3537 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-109/pages/327
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
LA 164-497
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[REDACTED] THE HIJACKING SO HE
WOULD [REDACTED] IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. HE ADDED [REDACTED] AND PREPARATIONS
ARE COMPLETED FOR PRINTING.
FLEMING STATED HAD BEEN INFORMED BY "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE,
NEW YORK, THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AT THIS POINT HE WAS INFORMED THE FBI HAD
IDENTIFIED THE BALDING WHITE MALE DEPICTED IN THE PICTURE
FURNISHED BY HIM THROUGH [REDACTED] IN NEW
YORK. FLEMING RESPONDED "HAVE I BEEN TAKEN?" FLEMING WAS TOLD
AGENTS WERE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION;
HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WAS BEING CONDUCTED BY FBI
TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW WITHIN
FBI JURISDICTION HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
[REDACTED] HE HAD CONDUCTED. FLEMING ASKED IF THERE
WOULD BE ANY CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST [REDACTED] OR THE MAN HE
KNEW AS D.B. COOPER. FLEMING WAS TOLD FBI IS STRICTLY
INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY AND WHETHER OR NOT PROSECUTION UNDERTAKEN
IS WITHIN PURVIEW OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. FLEMING WAS TOLD
RECEIPTS, [REDACTED] ESSENTIAL TO FBI CONTINUING INVESTIGATION
AND HE RESPONDED "NEWSWEEK" HAS THIS MATERIAL. FLEMING
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