TeletypeHonolulu to Director and Seattle re Tave Coffelt photograph comparison23 May 1978page 2 of 2
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Part 121, page 131

Serials HN 164-35

Document date 23 May 1978

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PAGE TWO HN 164-35 UNCLAS OF HAVING HIS CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS AS DEPICTED IN THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPH.

SHE FURTHER ADVISED SHE STILL HAS ONE PHOTO OF JACK COFFELT SOMEWHERE WHICH SHE HAS DISPLAYED TO THE FBI IN HONOLULU IN THE PAST, AND SHE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE AGAIN FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES. SHE STATED, HOWEVER, SHE WILL NOT ALLOW THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BE REPRODUCED.

A COMPARISON OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF JACK COFFELT WITH THAT OF THE BUREAU ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF "D. B. COOPER" IN EARLY 1977 WOULD LEAD AN OBSERVER TO CONCLUDE THAT THE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT IDENTICAL.

TAVE COFFELT STATED SHE HAS RECENTLY MOVED, AND THE PHOTO IS IN HER PERSONAL POSSESSION SOMEWHERE, AND SHE WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE IT FOR ADDITIONAL COMPARATIVE PURPOSES.

TAVE COFFELT PROVIDED A FIVE-PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM HER BROTHER, CURT THOMPSON, GARDENA, CALIFORNIA, IN WHICH MATTERS CONCERNING JACK COFFELT WERE DISCUSSED. SHE ADVISED AS THE LETTER EXPLAINS, MUCH OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER PERTAINED TO A BOOK WHICH COFFELT HAD WRITTEN