Document date 4 August 1975AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 36 p. 141 (DB Cooper-13692), Teletype, dated 4 Aug 1975, serial SE 164-81-1618 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-36/pages/141
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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TO HIM CONCERNING HIS BACKGROUND AND CURRENT INTERESTS.
[REDACTED] STATED THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY COVERING A
SPORTSCAR CIRCUIT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS
ASSOCIATION (IMSA) AND WAS DOING A SERIES OF ARTICLES
ON SPORTSCAR RACING IN AMERICA, AND WAS TO BE SPONSORED
BY THE IMSA IN CONNECTION WITH GOODRICH TIRE AND RUBBER
COMPANY, ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, AKRON, OHIO. DURING
THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAD
BEEN IN THE U.S. ARMY ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY SPECIAL
FORCES UNIT AND THAT HE HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE
ART OF PARACHUTING AND THE MILITARY ARTS. [REDACTED] ADVISED
THAT WHILE IN THE SERVICE, HE BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS WITH
ANOTHER SPECIAL FORCES [REDACTED] ×
AND THEY HAD CONDUCTED NUMEROUS MILITARY RELATED OPERATIONS
TOGETHER AND THAT AS A RESULT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE
MILITARY, [REDACTED] HAD CONTACTED HIM UPON HIS RELEASE FROM
THE ARMY AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD A GOOD DEAL GOING
DOWN BUT NEEDED ONE MAN ON THE GROUND AND INQUIRED IF HE
WERE INTERESTED AND THAT WE WOULD BE SET FOR LIFE AFTER
THIS ONE OPERATION.