Handwritten noteHandwritten anonymous letter to FBI Portland naming persons to trace in Cooper case, with envelope14 January 1972page 2 of 4
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Part 20, page 19

DB Cooper-5976

Document date 14 January 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 20, page 19 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 20 p. 19 (DB Cooper-5976), Handwritten note, dated 14 Jan 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-20/pages/19

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and ex-convicts, kleptomaniacs and pyromaniacs, fornicators, adulterers, timber thieves, traitors, Communists, and others. But don't be fooled, for practically all will lie to you. And practically all will give "vague" answers. And none will look you "straight in the eye." For these people are "de-frauders" and "grave-robbers" And all a part of the [REDACTED]

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No, you won't find [REDACTED] for that name is only a pseudonym. And you won't find where all the money was diverted. Nor will you find a true property appraisal. And the local banker will lie. And the Title & Trust Co. will lie. And the County Treasurer will lie. And the Assessor will lie. And the County Engineer will lie. And the [guess: County] [illegible] I don't know how you can find

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all of [REDACTED] wish I knew. [REDACTED] had about 4 wives, with at least one of them "legal." But All of these people must be found and their actions and whereabouts accounted for, if you're ever going to find

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DB Cooper-5976