TeletypeNitel Cleveland to Birmingham and Seattle re Akron patrolman's Cooper tip4 August 1975page 3 of 4
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Part 119, page 45

DB Cooper-54532Serials CV 164-88

Document date 4 August 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 45 (DB Cooper-54532), Teletype, dated 4 Aug 1975, serial SE 164-81-6678 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/45

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PAGE THREE CV 164-88

AT THIS TIME, [REDACTED] STATED "YOU KNOW THAT [REDACTED] IS REALLY D. B. COOPER AND HE IS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE AIRLINES FOR ALL THAT MONEY."

WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHY D. B. COOPER WAS IDENTICAL TO [REDACTED] STATED THAT BASED ON THE ABOVE, AND THE FACT THAT [REDACTED] HAD WORKED FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA AND HAS AN [REDACTED] [REDACTED], AND HAS HAD THE BENEFIT OF MILITARY PARACHUTING, PARTICULARLY FREE FLYING, AND THAT BASED ON COMPOSIT SKETCHES AND DESCRIPTIONS FURNISHED BY VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES CONCERNING D. B. COOPER, HE COULD ALMOST POSITIVELY STATED THAT COOPER [REDACTED] ARE ONE AND THE SAME, AND THAT AFTER ALL, [REDACTED] HAD ALL THE KNOWLEDGE TO PULL OFF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT [REDACTED] HAD CALLED HIM RELATING TO THAT ONE BIG JOB THAT WOULD SET THEM FOR LIFE, AND HE ONLY NEEDED ONE MAN ON THE GROUND AND THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE RECEIVED THIS TELEPHONE CALL, THE D. B. COOPER EPISODE OCCURRED.

WHEN MC CLOTHLIN QUESTIONED [REDACTED] AS TO WHY HE HAD NOT

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