Document date 3 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. 144 (DB Cooper-8122), Teletype, dated 3 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3017 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/144
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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LEFT HADN CORNER. HE NOTED THAT ALTERATION OF ANY DIGITS
OTHER THAN FIRST FOUR DIGITS WOULD NOT CHANGE THIS MATHEMATICAL
RELATIONSHIP.
[REDACTED] STATED THAT THE SEVENS AND THREES APPEARING
IN SERIAL NUMBER ON BILL IN QUESTION APPEAR PECULIAR TO HIM.
HE NOTED THAT SERIAL NUMBERS ON GENUINE CURRENTY NOT ALWAYS
ON STRAIGHT LINE BUT THAT THREE IN SERIAL NUMBER ON BILL IN
QUESTION COULD POSSIBLY BE ALTERED EIGHT. HE SUGGESTED FBI
LABORATORY ENLARGE THREE ON BILL IN QUESTION ALONG WITH DIGIT
THREE ON BILL KNOWN TO BE AUTHENTIC TO DETERMINE IF IDENTICAL
WHEN SUPERIMPOSED ON EACH OTHER.
COPY OF CAPTIONED NEWSPAPER HAND DELIVERED TO BUREAU
TODAY.
REQUEST OF THE BUREAU THE FBI LABORATORY IS REQUESTED
TO EXPEDITIOUSLY CONDUCT ABOVE SUGGESTED EXAMINATION.