Document date 18 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. 264 (DB Cooper-8248), Teletype, dated 18 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3335 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/264
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR007 SE PLAIN
6:43 PM NITEL 5/18/72 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 2P WEEKLY SUMMARY
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NORJAK.
SEATTLE IS CONTINUING TO CHECK OUT NUMEROUS SUSPECTS BUT
RESULTS TO DATE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE.
[REDACTED] "SEATTLE FLAG, INC.," HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED
AND DECLINED TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO, HE STATES, SOLD A STORY
[REDACTED] ALLEGING TO BE THE HIJACKER IN THIS CASE. HE DOES AD-
MIT PAYING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE STORY WHICH WAS RECEIVED
ON TAPES AND STATES THAT THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL REPRODUCED IN THE
SEATTLE FLAG WAS MADE FROM A PHOTO OF A TWENTY DOLLAR BILL PROVIDED
BY THE PERSON FROM WHOM HE BOUGHT THE STORY.
NORMAL CIRCULATION OF THE "SEATTLE FLAG" IS TWENTYFIVE THOU-
SAND COPIES, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE "D. B. COOPER" STORY SOLD
TWENTYEIGHT THOUSAND COPIES. THEY WERE PREPARING TO PRINT AN
ADDITIONAL TWENTYFIVE THOUSAND COPIES WHEN THE NEWSPAPERS CARRIED
THE ARRESTS OF [REDACTED] CON-
CERNING THEIR HOAX STORY SOLD TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
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