TeletypeLas Vegas to Seattle and Los Angeles re researchers claiming Coffelt was D.B. Cooper23 July 1977page 2 of 2
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Part 40, page 161

DB Cooper-15853Serials LV 164-62

Document date 23 July 1977

Open in FBI Vault (Part 40, page 161 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 p. 161 (DB Cooper-15853), Teletype, dated 23 Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-7699 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-40/pages/161

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UNAWARE OF THE PRESENT WHEREABOUTS OF [REDACTED] BUT EXPECT HIM TO TELEPHONICALLY CONTACT THEM WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF [REDACTED] FROM COFFELT [REDACTED] SETTING FORTH THE DETAILS OF THE HIJACKING. THEY STATED [REDACTED] OF COFFELT [REDACTED] BY COFFELT, HOWEVER, COFFELT IS NO RELATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED THEY WILL INSTRUCT [REDACTED] TO IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO LAS VEGAS FOR INTERVIEW WHEN HE CONTACTS THEM.

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7-22-77 [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED FBI LAS VEGAS THAT [REDACTED] HAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAMES BRYANT COFFELT AS IDENTICAL TO D.B. COOPER.

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[REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] DURING HIS INTERVIEW WITH HER. HE ADVISED [REDACTED] IS IN [REDACTED] GIVEN TO HIM BY COFFELT WHICH CLAIMED [REDACTED] WAS UNABLE TO DESCRIBE OVER THE TELEPHONE [REDACTED] HOWEVER SOUNDED ANXIOUS TO CO-OPERATE. [REDACTED] DID NOT INTEND TO RETURN TO LAS VEGAS IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEREFORE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT SA [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES WHICH HE AGREED TO DO.

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DB Cooper-15853