TeletypeUrgent teletype Portland to Director, San Diego and Seattle re Arvidis Julius Kiperts and NORJAK10 November 1973page 2 of 5
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Part 32, page 437

DB Cooper-12076Serials PD 91-5424

Document date 10 November 1973

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 32 p. 437 (DB Cooper-12076), Teletype, dated 10 Nov 1973, serial SE 164-81-5032 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-32/pages/437

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PD 91-5424 PAGE TWO

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HANDWRITING AND HAND PRINTING OF THE ROBBER OF THE WILSONVILLE BRANCH, BANK OF OREGON, 12/10/71. KIPERTS IS SUSPECT IN THAT ROBBERY. ONE OF THE DEPOSIT SLIPS HAD THE NAME D. B. COOPER HAND PRINTED THEREON. THE AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT CONTAINED THIS SPECIFICATION.

[REDACTED] FOR THE OREGON JOURNAL, A PORTLAND DAILY NEWSPAPERN APPARENTLY REVIEWED THE AFFIDAVIT AFTER IT WAS FILED AND AFTER IT WAS PUBLIC RECORD. IN A STORY APPEARING IN THE NOVEMBER 7TH EDITION OF THE OREGON JOURNAL HEADLINED "INVESTIGATION OF BANK ROBBERIES DISCLOSES D. B. COOPER LINK", [REDACTED] "THE NAME D. B. COOPER, MADE NOTORIOUS BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TOUCHED OFF A ROUND OF AIRPLANE HIJACKINGS,... HAS CROPPED UP IN THE INVESTIGATION HERE OF A MAN SUSPECTED OF A SERIES OF PORTLAND AREA BANK ROBBERIES. INFORMA- TION SUPPORTING THE COMPLAINT RESULTING IN THE ARREST TUESDAY OF ARVIDIS JULIUS KIPERTS, 41, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, SUGGESTS A MAN OF HIS DISCRIPTION HAND PRINTED THE NAME D. B. COOPER ON A BANK DEPOSIT SLIP MOMENTS BEFORE ROBBING THE WILSONVILLE BRANCH OF THE OREGON BANK IN DECEMBER, 1971." THIS STORY APPEARED TO AROUSE LITTLE ATTENTION IN THE PORTLAND AREA.

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DB Cooper-12076