TeletypeSeattle to Director (Sections I and II) rebutting CBS/Wallace claims re Coffelt as Cooper18 May 1978page 9 of 12
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Part 121, page 107

DB Cooper-55629Serials SE 164-81

Document date 18 May 1978

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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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PAGE EIGHT SE 164-81 UNCLAS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO MORE CLOSELY FIT KNOWN NORJAK FACTS. [REDACTED] POSSIBLY TOTALING $10,000 FOR HIS STORY AND WITH THAT MUCH MONEY INVESTED, [REDACTED] IS COMMITTED TO THIS COFFELT/COOPER RELATIONSHIP. IN THE PAST, BOTH [REDACTED] HAVE CONSULTED WITH U.S. ATTORNEYS IN LOS ANGELES AND LAS VEGAS, ASKING THEM TO INVESTIGATE AN FBI COVER UP. NOW [REDACTED] HAS INTERESTED CBS NEWS WITH HIS STORY, POSSIBLY IN THE HOPE OF OBTAINING ADDITIONAL PERTINENT OR CONFIDENTIAL FBI INFORMATION TO UPDATE HIS ALREADY ALTERED SCRIPT. AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, [REDACTED] HAS OFFERED MONEY TO NORJAK EYE WITNESSES TO ACT AS TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND AT LEAST ONE WITNESS, [REDACTED] HAS TRAVELLED TO LOS ANGELES TO DISCUSS HIS OFFER OF $5,000 NOW, WITH POSSIBLE RESIDUAL PROCEEDS OF $30,000. IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] HAS ADVISED NORJAK WITNESSES THAT HE HAS ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL FBI INFORMATION; THAT HE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FBI ON THIS MATTER: AND, THAT THE FBI HAS VERIFIED ALL OR PART OF HIS SCRIPT. SEATTLE CONSIDERS COFFELT A VERY POOR SUSPECT AND ALL

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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) . (Time) FBI/DOJ DB COOPER-55629