Part 122, page 86

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 122 p. 86 (DB Cooper-56178), Letter, serial SE 164-81-7854 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-122/pages/86

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Dear Sir,

I'm a Naturalized Citizen since 18 month, my english is not to good, but I try to do my Best.

I lived for a short time in Toronto Canada 1969 came to U.S.A. 1970.

ALL the Dates from 1972, the Description & Age & so many other thing's about this D.B. Cooper I like to puzzle together, as I'm unable to keep any record of this around me..

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[Could D.B. Cooper's Name be something alike in German Language? Could he be a Canadian? Could the Money be on Swiss Banks? Like Basel on the Rhine river? Or any bigger Town across the "Constant LAKE," also "Bodensee".]

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The man I'm speaking of Is dark complex, dark hair, Blue...

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[upper-right box]: 7/ [guess: possibly page or serial number, partially illegible] b6 b7c

[mid-page stamp]: 164-81-7854 [digits partially unclear] b6 b7c

[bottom of page]: DB COOPER-56178

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Anonymous writer introduces themselves as a naturalized U.S. citizen with imperfect English, recounts living briefly in Toronto, Canada in 1969 before moving to the U.S. in 1970, and states they are trying to piece together facts about the D.B. Cooper case since 1972. Writer speculates whether 'Cooper' could be a German-language name, whether the hijacker might be Canadian, and whether the stolen ransom money could be hidden in Swiss banks near Basel on the Rhine or towns along Lake Constance (Bodensee). Letter continues onto a physical description of the man the writer is referring to, cut off mid-sentence at the bottom of the page ('Blue...' likely leading into eye color on the next page). FBI administrative markings including exemption codes (b6, b7c — personal privacy exemptions), a case/serial stamp number, and a document control number 'DB COOPER-56178' at the bottom of the page.

Handwritten cursive letter; most text legible but some letterforms ambiguous (e.g., 'to' vs 'too', 'alike').
Small printed box top-right contains a faint handwritten number, possibly '7/' or '71', partially unclear.
A rectangular case-number stamp '164-81-7854' appears mid-page with adjacent 'b6'/'b7c' FBI exemption code annotations; digits of the stamp are small and slightly blurred.

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