TeletypeColumbia to Director and Seattle re tipster claim that E. A. Lame is D.B. Cooper5 March 1976page 4 of 6
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Part 119, page 402

DB Cooper-54972Serials CO 164-48

Document date 5 March 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 402 (DB Cooper-54972), Teletype, dated 5 Mar 1976, serial SE 164-81-6879 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/402

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PAGE FOUR, CO 164-48

OTHER THAN HE WAS ORIGINALLY OUT OF WASHINGTON, THAT HIS PARENTS PRESENTLY LIVED IN WASHINGTON AND THAT EITHER LAME OR HIS PARENTS OWNED A GOOD BIT OF PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

[REDACTED] DESCRIBED LAME AS A WHITE MALE, 5 FEET 10 INCHES, 190-200 POUNDS, PALE COMPLEXION, DARK HAIR (THIN-GREYING), A CONSTANT SMOKER, MAY HAVE TWO TO THREE CIGARETTES BURNING AT ONE TIME AND HAVING A LOW TONE OF VOICE. [REDACTED] FURTHER DESCRIBED LAME AS INTELLIGENT, METICULOUS IN HIS WORK AND ORGANIZED WITH RESPECT TO HIS WORK, AND HE WOULD CHARACTERIZE LAME AS "COOL AND CALCULATING". [REDACTED] COULD FURNISH NO ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INFORMATION WHICH WOULD REFLECT ON LAME'S BACKGROUND OR HABITS.

[REDACTED] WAS EXHIBITED A COMPOSIT PHOTOGRAPH OF UNKNOWN SUBJECT IN CAPTIONED CASE AND HE STATED THE PHOTOGRAPH AS SHOWING UNSUB WITH GLASSES CLOSELY RESEMBLED LAME, ALTHOUGH THE LOWER PART OF LAME'S FACE IS SOMEWHAT FULLER. HE STATED HE COULD NOT OTHERWISE MAKE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

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DB COOPER-54972