Part 121, page 105
DB Cooper-55627Serials SE 164-81
Document date 18 May 1978
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 121 p. 105 (DB Cooper-55627), Teletype, dated 18 May 1978 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-121/pages/105
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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) ● FBI ● TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ _______ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ EFTO ☐ CLEAR Date ________
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VERSION OF HIS EXPERIENCES WITH COFFELT WHICH HE ENTITLED, [REDACTED] IT IS THIS MANUSCRIPT WHICH [REDACTED] A FORMER CBS EMPLOYEE, [REDACTED] IS NOW APPARENTLY TRYING TO INTEREST "60 MINUTES" IN THIS STORY. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT [REDACTED] HOPES THAT "60 MINUTES" WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BUREAU VERIFY OR DISPROVE CERTAIN INFOR- MATION IN THIS MANUSCRIPT. MORE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN A REPORT [REDACTED], WHICH IS REFERRED TO LATER.
BUREAU SHOULD NOTE THAT [REDACTED] STORY CONCERNING COFFELT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE FBI IN NOVEMBER, 1976, IN LOS ANGELES; HOWEVER, IT WAS SO COMPLETELY FILLED WITH ERRORS THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GIVE IT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
SINCE THAT TIME, [REDACTED] HAVE INTERVIEWED, OR ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW, MOST NORJAK EYE WITNESSES AND OFFERED THEM MONEY TO SERVE AS "CONSULTANTS" FOR A PROPOSED FILM. AFTER THESE INTERVIEWS, [REDACTED] STORY WOULD BT
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Approved: _______________ Transmitted _______________ Per _______________ (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ
DB COOPER-55627