Part 34, page 253
DB Cooper-12887Serials SE 164-81
Document date 31 May 1974
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 34 p. 253 (DB Cooper-12887), Report, dated 31 May 1974, serial SE 164-81-6D58 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-34/pages/253
Transcript
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SE 164-81
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"1. Place the money in a place of your choosing and write down instructions for locating it.
"2. Do not sign your name, but on both lower corners of the first page write a code, using any combin- ation of numbers and letters.
"3. Tear off one of the corners, making a jagged tear. Keep the torn off corner bearing your code and mail the report containing the duplicate code to 'Secret Witness,' The Journal, 1320 SW Broadway, Portland, Ore. 97201.
"The Journal will forward your information to the FBI which will pick up the money and verify whether it is indeed from the Cooper ransom. If it is, that fact will be published in the newspaper.
"After that, give the torn off corner you have kept to a trusted friend or to an attorney or to your minister with instructions to take it directly to the Secret Witness plan coordinator at The Journal. If the codes and torn edges match, your agent will be given the $1,000 for the first $20 of the 'Cooper cash' to be turned in."
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In addition to the above reward, [redacted] Northwest Orient Airlines, authorized a finder's fee of $25,000 total reward or 15% of any portion of the D.B. COOPER ransom money that is returned.
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Finally, the Seattle Post Intelligencer Newspaper has offered a $5,000 reward in connection with its "Secret Witness Program" for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this crime.
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On 11/29/73, the following article was published in the Tacoma, Washington News Tribune under the headline "Skyjacker Cooper: Still A Folk Hero, Still A Mystery":
"Two years after parachuting from a Northwest Airlines jet with $200,000 in ransom money, the skyjacker known as Dan Cooper remains a folk hero and a mystery.
"He is, according to the U. S. Department of Transportation, the only person ever to hijack a domestic airliner who has not been killed or brought to justice. " 'We really know nothing more about him today than we did at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1971,' says [redacted] special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office.
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DB Cooper-12887
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