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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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THROMBOPLEBITIS OF LEGS IN 1973. SEE WFO AIRTEL TO BUREA[U], JUNE 21, 1977.

[REDACTED - b6/b7C] SEATTLE, D.C., ADVISED COFFELT COULD ONLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS STUNT IN HIS EARLIER YEARS, 25-30 YEARS OF AGE, BECAUSE HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION HAD DETERIORATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN HIS LATER YEARS.

(2) COMMON LAW WIFE, TAVE COFFELT, HAS STATED COFFELT SUFFERED FROM SEVERE ALCOHOLISM AND WAS ON VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN DURING APPROXIMATE PERIOD. SHE FURTHER ADVISES HE HAD PLEBITIS AND EMPHYSEMA WHICH CAUSED HIM TO WEAR HEAVY NYLON SUPPORT STOCKINGS AND CAUSED HIM PAIN WHEN HE MOVED. BUREAU CAN OBTAIN COPY OF HER INTERVIEW FROM WFO FILE 164-169 IN HONOLULU AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, CC WFO, DATED APRIL 13, 1977. BUREAU NOTE TAVE COFFELT STILL RESIDES IN HAWAII AND DOES NOT WISH TO BE INTERVIEWED BY CBS BUT CONTINUES TO COOPERATE WITH FBI.

(3) ON DECEMBER 6, 1971, APPROXIMATELY 12 DAYS AFTER NORJAK, COFFELT HAD A PRE-EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA DOCTORS HOSPITAL. THIS IN SPITE OF [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] OWN ACCOUNT THAT COFFELT WAS SO SEVERELY INJURED IN

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Approved: ___________________ Transmitted ___________________ Per ___________________ (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ

DB COOPER-55625