Part 32, page 439
DB Cooper-12078Serials PD 91-5424
Document date 10 November 1973
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 32 p. 439 (DB Cooper-12078), Teletype, dated 10 Nov 1973, serial SE 164-81-5032 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-32/pages/439
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PD 91-5424 PAGE FOUR
BEEN HAND PRINTED ON ONE OF THE SLIPS. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS BANK ROBBERY TOOK PLACE APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN DAYS AFTER THE HIJACKING WHEN THE NAME D. B. COOPER WAS IN PROMINENT ATTENTION. THE REPORTER WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS THE ONLY MANNER IN WHICH THE NAME D. B. COOPER IS INVOLVED AS RELATES TO KIPERTS, EMPHASIZING IT IS NOT PROVEN THAT KIPERTS ROBBED THE BANK AND IT IS NOT CERTAIN THAT THE ROBBER WROTE THE NOTE.
ON 11/9/73, PORTLAND OFFICE BEGAN RECEIVING A DELUGE OF PHONE CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY INQUIRING WHETHER IT WAS TRUE THAT D. B. COOPER WAS IN JAIL IN SAN DIEGO ON CHARGES OF BANK ROBBERY. THE CALLS WERE SO PERSISTENT IT DID NOT SUFFICE TO STATE THAT KIPERTS WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE D. B. COOPER. ACCORDINGLY, CALLING PARTIES WERE ADVISED THAT A STATEMENT WOULD BE MADE BY THE END OF THE DAY RELATIVE TO THE QUESTION. IN THE MEANTIME, INTENSIVE EFFORT WAS MADE INVESTIGATIVELY TO ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE KIPERST AS A SUSPECT IN THE NORJAK CASE. ALSO IN THE MEANTIME, THE MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR TV AND RADIO, WERE BROADCASTING THAT KIPERTS, WHO IS IN JAIL IN SAN DIEGO, MIGHT BE D. B. COOPER, AND THAT THE FBI IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT REGARDING THIS POSSIBILITY BY THE END OF THE DAY.
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DB Cooper-12078