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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: [ ] Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ___________ [ ] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O [ ] CLEAR Date ___________

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CONCERNING MIKE WALLACE'S CLAIM THAT BRYANT COFFELT'S PHOTOGRAPH WAS SHOWN TO AN UNKNOWN STEWARDESS, BUREAU REFER TO LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, WHICH CONTAINS AN INTERVIEW THAT STEWARDESS [REDACTED] [REDACTED], HAD WITH LITTLE ROCK AGENTS CONCERNING HER CONTACT WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] THIS TELETYPE PARTIALLY STATES:

[REDACTED] SHOWED HER SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF A MAN HE CLAIMED WAS COFFELT. HE WANTED HER TO IDENTIFY THE PHOTOS, AND SHE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THEM, RECALLING THAT THE HIJACKER HAD DARKER SKIN, A RECEDING HAIRLINE WITH THIN BLACK HAIR, AND, AFTER LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS, SHE COULD NOT TELL IF THE MAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS REALLY D. B. COOPER. THE MAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH HAD THE HAIRLINE, THE THINNING HAIR, THE EARS, NOSE, AND LONG FACE, BUT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH THE MAN HAD FATTER CHEEKS. SHE MENTIONED [REDACTED] ABOUT THE CHEEKS BEING TOO FAT, AND HE EXPLAINED THAT COFFELT HAD A DARK COMPLEXION AND USED MAKEUP IN ORDER FOR HIS COMPLEXION TO APPEAR LIGHTER AND THAT HE HAD BEEN RECEIVING CANCER TREATMENTS AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR HIS

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DB COOPER-55622

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