Document date 8 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.
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
may 9th U.S. marshal [illegible]
---
RECEIVED
MAY 13 21 AM '72
OPERATIONS DIVISION
U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE
---
Mr. Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S. attorney General
Sir:
I write you May 8th regarding
skyjacking of Northwest 727 on the
run from Portland to Seattle the
eve of Thanksgiving last.
Today a Kansas City F.B.I. agent
called me out (to [guess: ask] [guess: for your to have]
acted) I gave the agent the mans
name, and other details, after he
identified his self. I feel I should give
you the facts too after the letter
I wrote you.
I have a crime pardner named
[REDACTED b6/b7C]
Whenever we registered anywhere
gave the name D.B. Cooper. In 1967
he approached me with the idea of
sky jacking a 727 and him jumping
out after the [guess: 200,000] was delivered to
me.
When this skyjacking took place with
the same name being used I was
convinced my pardner was free and
had done it. After [REDACTED b6/b7C] checked