TeletypeLas Vegas to Seattle and Los Angeles re researchers claiming Coffelt was D.B. Cooper23 July 1977page 2 of 2
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Part 121, page 35

Document date 23 July 1977

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 121 p. 35, Teletype, dated 23 Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-2609 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-121/pages/35

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PAGE TWO LV (164-6[guess: D]) CLEAR UNAWARE OF THE PRESENT WHEREABOUTS OF [redacted] BUT EXPECT HIM TO TELEPHONICALLY CONTACT THEM WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF [redacted] FROM COFFELT [redacted] SETTING FORTH THE DETAILS OF THE HIJACKING. THEY STATED [redacted] OF COFFELT [redacted] BY COFFELT, HOWEVER, COFFELT IS NO RELATION [redacted] [redacted] ADVISED THEY WILL INSTRUCT [redacted] TO IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO LAS VEGAS FOR INTERVIEW WHEN HE CONTACTS THEM. 7-22-77 [redacted] TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED FBI LAS VEGAS THAT [redacted] HAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAMES BRYANT COFFELT AS IDENTICAL TO D.B. COOPER. [redacted] ADVISED [redacted] DURING HIS INTERVIEW WITH HER. HE ADVISED [redacted] IS IN [redacted] GIVEN TO HIM BY COFFELT WHICH CLAIMED [redacted] WAS UNABLE TO DESCRIBE OVER THE TELEPHONE [redacted] HOWEVER SOUNDED ANXIOUS TO CO-OPERATE. [redacted] DID NOT INTEND TO RETURN TO LAS VEGAS IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEREFORE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT SA [redacted] IN LOS ANGELES WHICH HE AGREED TO DO. BT