Part 37, page 444
Document date 22 June 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 37 p. 444 (DB Cooper-14630), Letter, dated 22 Jun 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-37/pages/444
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ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANIES
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY · LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY · ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY · GLOBE INDEMNITY COMPANY · ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY
LONDON AND LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY · STANDARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY · THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
NEWARK INSURANCE COMPANY · AMERICAN AND FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANY · BRITISH & FOREIGN MARINE INS. LANCE COMPANY · THAMES & MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
Claim C Loss Dept W. Comp. 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028 TEL: (212) 732-6400
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June 22, 1976
Mr. Thomas J. Manning Federal Bureau of Investigation P. O. Box 429 Longview, Washington 98532
Dear Sir:
Insured: Northwest Airlines Hijacking 11/24/71
This furthers your June 15, 1976 telephone conversation with our[REDACTED] concerning the potential recovery of b6 the funds, which we paid to the captioned insured as a result b7C of the hijacking of one of its planes by an individual identi- fied as D. B. Cooper.
The Northwest Airlines were apparently approached by [REDACTED] of Kirkland, Washington, who offered his b6 services as [REDACTED] with the indication that, according b7C to his information, the hijacker landed with the money in a lake, and that he, [REDACTED] would be able to locate the bag and possibly the body of the late D. B. Cooper and bring it to the surface.
The Northwest Airlines contacted our attorney, who in turn advised us of the situation.
We then contacted [REDACTED] by phone and this is briefly b6 that [REDACTED] told us: b7C
He [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] in Kirkland. He has [REDACTED] b7C and since he believes, on the basis of the information, which he was able to gather, that D. B. Cooper with the money landed in a lake in the [guess: Lewis] River Canyon, he would undertake the search for the money for a certain percen- tage of the redeemable bills.
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[partially illegible stamp] [guess: 6/24] - [illegible] - 6988 DB Cooper-14630