Part 119, page 185
DB Cooper-54679Serials 104-81-9136
Document date 9 September 1976
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 185 (DB Cooper-54679), Letter, dated 9 Sep 1976, serial 104-81-9136 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/185
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Royal-Globe Insurance COMPANIES ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY • LIVERPOOL & L[illegible]N & GLOBE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY NEWARK INSURANCE COMPANY • AMERICAN AND FOREIGN I[illegible]SURANCE COMPANY • ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY • GLOBE SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY • STANDARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY • BRITISH & FOREIGN MARINE INSURANCE INDEMNITY COMPANY • ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE COMPANY • THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY COMPANY • THAMES & MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY [circular logo: ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE] 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10038 TEL: (212) 732-8400 September 9, 1976
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[REDACTED BOX] Federal Bureau of Investigation 915 Second Ave. Seattle, Washington 98174
Dear Sir:
Re: Hijacking Northwest Airlines Date of Loss: 11/24/71 Claim#: [REDACTED BOX]
Following our September 1, 1976 telephone conversation re above I would like to bring you up-to-date on all the recent tips we received due to the courtesy and cooperation of the Northwest Orient Airlines:
1. As you have been previously informed we have been negotiating with Mr. John Banks of Kirkland, Washington a salvaging operation on Lake Merwin, State of Washington. - We are preparing a contract with this independent entrepreneur. We will advise you when Mr. Banks will be ready to start and keep you posted on the developments.
2. We called attorney [REDACTED BOX] of Naples, Florida on 8/23/76 in connection with his letter of 8/11/76 addressed to Mr. James Houdek of the Northwest Orient Airlines, copy attached. This is what attorney [REDACTED BOX] told me: He knows a waitress, presently employed in Naples, formerly living in Miami, Florida. The woman alleges that she knew Cooper under his real name, not disclosed during our telephone conversation with attorney [REDACTED BOX]. Cooper had a detective agency in Miami and was using an alias Cooper on occasion. He was a paratrooper(?) and bragged that he would undertake some sort of a stunt or hijacking to get hold of
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Sub 5-17 Sub 786 Sub E Sub FF [illegible cursive annotation, possibly "See Sub E"]
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16 [illegible circled notation, possibly "2/31/22 = 160" or similar] N Sub 786
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104-81-9136 DB COOPER-54679 [guess: partially illegible handwritten/stamped reference number]