TeletypeSAC Richmond to Director, Alexandria and Seattle re source allegations about Jerry Cooper5 January 1976page 2 of 2
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Part 119, page 113

DB Cooper-54602Serials RM 164-74

Document date 5 January 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 113 (DB Cooper-54602), Teletype, dated 5 Jan 1976, serial SE 164-81-6802 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/113

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RM 164-74 PAGE TWO

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COOPER WAS NOT WITH THEM AND HE ASSUMED COOPER WAS WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.

[REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED [REDACTED] COOPER TOLD HER HE WAS HIJACKER, AND HAD PLACED THE REMAINING MONEY IN A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX, LOCATION UNKNOWN. HE FURTHER STATED TO [REDACTED] HE CARRIED AN ATTACHE CASE ONTO THE PLANE IN WHICH HE HAD A WHITE PARACHUTE, AND INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER WAS A STEWARDESS AND ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS TO MEET HIM ON THE GROUND. [REDACTED] STATED SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE IF STEWARDESS WAS ON FLIGHT OR NOT.

COOPER ADVISED [REDACTED] WHEN HE JUMPED HE LANDED IN THE SNOW AND HID APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS FROM HUNTERS WHO WERE IN AREA. [REDACTED] STATED TO HER HE THEN WALKED OUT AFTER HIDING THE MONEY. HE ADVISED HE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT BACK AND PUT THE MONEY IN A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX. [REDACTED] STATED COOPER AT TIME WAS HOME SICK. COOPER FURTHER STATED HE PAID $25,000.00 TO MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK HIM UP, BUT DID NOT.

[REDACTED] ADVISED THE FAMILY APPEARED TO BE EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND FEELS COOPER IS BEING BLACKMAILED BY THIS UNKNOWN MAN. [REDACTED] ADVISED SHE WAS INFORMED COOPER AND [REDACTED] WENT TO

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