Part 30, page 293

DB Cooper-10956

Document date 22 March 1973

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[REDACTED] [REDACTED] Montana March 22/73

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Dear Sirs;

I just found a Billings Gazette Paper dated Nov. 24/72 and in it was 2 FBI sketches of the Hijacker Dan Cooper one with dark glasses and one without glasses. I also am sending you a picture of [REDACTED] or some relative he has at Port Angeles could be the one. Wouldn't hurt to check on him. I think his name is [REDACTED]

good luck your friend [REDACTED]

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SEARCHED .......... [illegible] SERIALIZED ... [illegible] MAR 2 7 197[3] FBI — SEATTLE

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81- [illegible]

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DB Cooper-10956

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P.S. also check Bremerton, He does look a lot like [REDACTED]

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Return address and date of the letter. Sender's name and street address redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Location is Montana, dated March 22, 1973. A citizen tip letter to the FBI. The writer found a Billings Gazette newspaper dated November 24, 1972 containing two FBI sketches of hijacker Dan Cooper (one with dark glasses, one without). The writer is sending a photo of a person they believe could be Cooper or a relative of that person in Port Angeles. The suspect's name and the writer's identity are redacted. FBI Seattle field office processing stamp showing the letter was received, searched, and serialized on March 27, 1973. Partial handwritten case or file number, likely an FBI routing annotation. FBI document tracking number for the D.B. Cooper case file. Postscript from the letter writer suggesting the FBI also check Bremerton, noting the suspect looks a lot like someone whose name is redacted.

Handwritten cursive letter, mostly legible
Multiple redaction bars (b6/b7C privacy exemptions) obscure sender name, address, and other personal details
Some words partially cut off at right margin

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