Part 117, page 425

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SAC, 164- 10/24/74

SA FINBARR M. O'CONNOR

UNSUB, aka D.B. COOPER Sub 735. Northwest Airlines Flight

OO:Seattle

By letter dated 9/7/1974, received in the Phila Office on Oct 11/1974, [REDACTED b6/b7C] [REDACTED] advised that his rights had been violated. In addition he in effect offered Mr. COOPER as neg[o]tiation in consideration for the proper han[d]ling of his civil rights case. At the time he wrote the letter he [REDACTED] in Norristown [REDACTED]

He was contacted at [REDACTED] where he has number [REDACTED] He was advised that the Dept Of Justice would make the legal determination concerning his Civil Rights issue, but that there would not be any deal or any nego[t]ia tion. He allegedly had possession of the knowledge and location of a Federal fugitive.

He said that he was not interested in reward[?] and would furnish the information to the best of his ability.

BACKGROUND: In his letter he goes over some of the basic background concerning the hi-jacking, tying the basic facts, as obtained from the news[p]apers, to the person he c[o]nsiders to be COOPER. He talks about physical description and the f[a]ct that his COOPER, took parachute lessons. In the interview he stated that the person he be[l]ieves to be COOPER is DAVID C. WILLETTES, Bargaintown, Egg Harbour Township, RD#2, PO Box 91, Pleasantville, NJ, an[d] place of business, 425 N. Maryland Ave, Atlantic City, NJ. He said WILLETTES shut down his shop for about 3 weeks at the time of the hi-jacking and since his return has acted more affluent and has even spent cash to buy property next door. He is 6' 190 lbs, walks with a limp favoring his left leg, has taken parachute training either at Teterboro NJ airport or Willi[ngboro] N[J] airport, which should be recorded on logs.

2- 164- -1- DB COOPER-53962 1- 44-2599 16 Sub 735 FMO/fmo

164-81-6354 [handwritten]

SEARCHED______INDEXED______ SERIALIZED______FILED______ NOV 29 1974