Part 40, page 197
Serials KC 164-454
Document date 27 July 1977
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 p. 197, Teletype, dated 27 Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-7628 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-40/pages/197
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PAGE THREE AT (164-454) CLEAN NOR DOES HE RECALL ANY REFERENCE BY EITHER OF [REDACTED] TO JAMES EARL RAY AND ADDITIONALLY, [REDACTED] DOES NOT KNOW AN ATTORNEY AMED [REDACTED] IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT [REDACTED] IS A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE HONORABLE GRIFFIN B. BELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. [REDACTED] SOMETIME IN APRIL, 1977, RELATED TO [REDACTED] OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, HIS CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE BELL AND OFFERED TO RELATE [REDACTED] VERSION OF INSTANT MATTER AND THE IDENTITY OF DAVID BRYANT COFFELT AS HIJACKER TO JUDGE BELL TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO JUDGE BELL AND THE FBI. [REDACTED] CONSENTED AND AGREED THAT [REDACTED] SHOULD TURN OVER TO FBI A FILE OF CORRESPON- DENCE AUTHORED BY [REDACTED] AND RELATING TO [REDACTED] EFFORTS TO SELL A STORY TO MOVIE AND TELEVISION MEDIA IN WHICH DAVID BRYANT COFFELT, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AND NOW DECEASED, IS IDENTIFIED AS THE HIJACKER IN INSTANT MATTER. [REDACTED] HAS DISCUSSED THE COFFELT-COOPER RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE BELL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INTERVIEWED BY AGENTS IN ATLANTA