Part 29, page 359

Document date 23 January 1973

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 29 p. 359 (DB Cooper-10448), Memo, dated 23 Jan 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-29/pages/359

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 1/23/73

SA [redacted] b6 b7C NORJAK 00: SEATTLE

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Sub 582

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RE: UNSUB, $20 Bill cashed at Gas Station with Ransom Serial Number

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On 1/12/73 SA [redacted] advised b6 that his office had received a call from [redacted] b7C concerning a $20 bill whose serial number appeared to be altered. The altered serial number appeared in the list of D. B. COOPER Ransom Bills.

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On 1/12/73 b6 [redacted] Chevron, [redacted] Telephone [redacted] b7C advised he waited on a customer on 1/11/73 who paid for her purchase with a $20 bill with an altered serial number. [redacted] stated the transaction took place at 6:30 PM and the person passing the $20 bill was a White female American, 22 - 25 years old, 5'5" tall, dark brown hair, quite long, wearing blue jeans with designs on them, driving a [redacted] dark gray in color. [redacted] advised he thought the car had local plates. The girl purchased $5.10 worth of gas and paid for it with a $20.00 bill and a dime. [redacted] stated he could recognize her if he saw her again and that the transaction took approximately five minutes. [redacted] stated he had a conversation with the girl concerning the year of [redacted] and during that conversation learned that the car did not belong to the girl, but was a friend's car.

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The serial number on the bill was L51279635A, Series 69. The digits 635 were cut out and replaced with a $1.00 bill having digits 635. The altered serial number appears in the D. B. COOPER ransom list.

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(3) - Seattle RHN/rse (3)

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164-81- V3 4/2

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SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... JAN 23 1973 FBI-SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-10448

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Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 1/23/73. Sent by a redacted Special Agent. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten sub-file annotation, likely indicating sub-file number 582. Subject line describing investigation of a $20 bill with a ransom serial number cashed at a gas station. On January 12, 1973, a redacted Special Agent reported that his office received a call about a $20 bill with an apparently altered serial number that matched the D.B. Cooper ransom bill list. A Chevron gas station attendant (name redacted) reported that on 1/11/73 at 6:30 PM, a white female, 22-25 years old, 5'5" tall with long dark brown hair, wearing blue jeans with designs, driving a dark gray car with local plates, purchased $5.10 of gas and paid with a $20 bill with an altered serial number and a dime. The attendant spoke with the girl for about five minutes and learned the car belonged to a friend. The bill's serial number was L51279635A, Series 69. The digits 635 had been physically cut out and replaced with digits from a $1.00 bill. The altered serial number matched the D.B. Cooper ransom list. Distribution notation: 3 copies to Seattle. Dictated by agent with initials RHN, typed by rse. Handwritten file routing or serialization notation. FBI Seattle office filing stamp dated January 23, 1973, indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Document tracking or Bates number for the DB Cooper file.

Several redacted blocks (black bars) obscuring names, addresses, telephone numbers per b6/b7C exemptions
Handwritten annotations in ink are legible
FBI stamp at bottom right is slightly smudged but readable

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