Document date 29 November 1971AIDates: 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 11 p. 52 (DB Cooper-1946), Memo, dated 29 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-125 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-11/pages/52
At 6:15 AM, on November 29, 1971, SA JAMES BLAND
at the Bureau called. He advised that the UPI, AP and many
of the eastern newspapers were carrying stories in this
matter, quoting SA MANNING, the Agent in charge at the search
scene, as having said "The man has to be a professional
sky diver or he is crazy". Another quote is to the effect
"If he was wearing street clothes he would obviously be
injured", which is attributed to MANNING. He advised they
expected a teletype from us as a result of SA [REDACTED]
call on November 27.
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I told him that [REDACTED] did not request such a
teletype and I did not offer one. I told him, however,
that MANNING had been told not to make any remarks to the
press and that the remarks described by him were common
talk among the law enforcement officials and that the
Sheriffs from Clark and Cowlitz had been interviewed
extensively by the press, and that I was certain that MANNING
had made no such remarks.