Part 38, page 224
DB Cooper-14897Serials DE 164-115, SE 164-81
Document date 6 February 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 38 p. 224 (DB Cooper-14897), Memo, dated 6 Feb 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-38/pages/224
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, NEW YORK DATE: 2/6/76
FROM : [redacted] SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka, Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines, Flight 350, Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE
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OPEN ([guess: REOPENED]) ORIG [redacted] SUPV [redacted] CASE [illegible] 6.27 DATE [illegible] 76 SECT [illegible] 6
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For the information of New York and Seattle Divisions [redacted] is the [redacted] and [redacted] of the "Secret Witness Program" of a local Detroit newspaper. The "Secret Witness Program" offers rewards in varying amounts to individuals who anonymously furnish infor- mation to the newspaper in current local investigations and cases of national prominence.
By letter dated 1/26/76 [redacted] advised the Detroit of the following information which he had anonymously been furnished by a "tipster":
"Regarding the 'D.B. Cooper' who hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight over Washington four years ago, I knew a [redacted] (who some-[redacted] times wrote his name so that the [redacted] looked like [redacted] and who hurriedly left the country for Uganda, South Africa on the day of the hijacking. [redacted] became quite interested in flying a few months before leaving the country and left the organization [redacted] with large financial problems. About two years ago he
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CC: New York 1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 2 - Detroit EJJ:psn (5)
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SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] FEB [illegible] 1976
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED OCT 7 8 1976
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
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DB Cooper-14897