Part 119, page 186

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-2- [REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation

September 9, 1976

Re: Hijacking Northwest Airlines 11/24/71

money. The woman allegedly knows Cooper's friends and could help to trace him.

Attorney [REDACTED] told me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was informed of those details about 2½ years ago, but apparently the information did not warrant the Bureau's attention. The attorney suggested a meeting in his office between the woman and a representative of our company.

For the time being this tip was laid to rest.

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3. Following [REDACTED] of Oakland, California, dated 8/10/76, copy attached, I called [REDACTED] on September 1, 1976. He told me that he knows somebody who knows Cooper. Cooper is allegedly in the sheet metal business operations. [REDACTED] was told to get in touch with us if he has anything concrete to report. He wanted to know how much we were willing to pay for this information. I indicated to him that we would consider sharing the redeemable money on a reasonable basis. We were not told who [REDACTED] informer was. [REDACTED] was referring to this individual as his "snitch". We are not attaching too much hope to [REDACTED] submitted "clue".

4. As I told you I had called Mr. Art Wheeler, Napa, California. Please refer to the attached copy of his 8/15/76 letter to Northwest Airlines, Inc. Please confirm your statement that the parts of a parachute allegedly found by Mr. Wheeler did not match the material of the parachute used by D. B. Cooper. We will obviously abandon this lead based on the information supplied by you.

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Hopefully something more concrete will eventually develop, which

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