Part 35, page 138

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b6 b7C b7D Bellingham, Wash.

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June 10, 1975

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Agent [REDACTED]

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If not for my inherent procrastion you might have gotten this letter a year or two earlier, and if not for the urgings of many of my friends you may not have received it at all. You may not be the best person[to]contact, but I lifted your name from the May 25th Seattle P I Sunday Northwest magazine section. To shorten what otherwise could be a long story I will say that it is possible I may know the real name of the man called "Cooper."

My friends have urged me to contact the FBI and tell the same story I have told them. They labor under the delusion I'll get rich from all [guess: the] rewards. But reward or not I will relate to you, or some other agent, what I know (and do not know) if you can do what you can to keep my name confidential.

I have no need at all for a homocide bent, revenge crazy crook on my trail sometime in the future!

I lost track of this man sometime in 1964, but from what little I know of the hijacking case everything fits. The composite sketch is not a likeness, but two of the features are certainly his.

I haven't said anything up to now for two reasons. 1. The nagging fear I could be causing an innocent person a lot of trouble, and 2. should I be right the guilty party would not look to kindly on me.

I say something now for a number of reasons. Unlike my friends who are positive I once knew the man who was to become D. B. Cooper, I am not sure. I guess I'd like to know too.

Please feel free to have an agent or yourself contact me. Maybe you will agree with my friends.

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DB Cooper

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In confidence;

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