Document date 1 May 1972AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 25 p. 130 (DB Cooper-8108), Teletype, dated 1 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3013 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/130
THE MAY TENTH EDITION OF "SEATTLE FLAG" A BI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER WHICH IS OF THE "UNDERGROUND" TYPE AND HAS ONLY
PUBLISHED FIVE EDITIONS, CARRIED A STORY TODAY PURPORTING
TO BE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SUBJECT OF THIS CASE. THE
WRITER OF THE STORY CLAIMED THE FLAG HAD PURCHASED THIS INTERVIEW
ON TAPE, FROM AN UNKNOWN PERSON FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
CASH. THIS STORY HAS BEEN READ AND ANALYZED AND NUMEROUS
DISCREPANCIES NOTED WHICH ARE SET OUT HEREIN, BRIEFLY:
ONE: THE PERSON STATES HE SAT IN SEAT FIFTEEN-D, WHEREAS
HIJACKER OCCUPIED EIGHTEEN-E.
TWO: PERSON STATES HE LANDED OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES AWAY
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AREA WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED CONCERNING THE SITE OF WHERE
THE HIJACKER PARACHUTED.
THREE: HE STATED HE HELD STEWARDESS HOSTAGE BEHIND
GALLEY CURTAIN AND IN THE TOILET. THIS IS NOT TRUE ACCORDING
TO STEWARDESS' PRIOR ACCOUNT.
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164-81-3013
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Approved: ______ Special Agent in Charge Sent [stamp: CIA 10P]
[illegible] M Per [illegible]
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB Cooper-8108