Document date 19 May 1978AIDates: 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 41 p. 449 (DB Cooper-16564), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/449
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
PAGE FIVE SE 164-81 UNCLAS
THROM3OPLEBITIS OF LEGS IN 1973. SEE WFO AIRTEL TO BUREA,
JUNE 21, 1977.
[REDACTED] SEATTLE, D.C., ADVISED
COFFELT COULD ONLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS STUNT IN HIS
EARLIER YEARS, 25-30 YEARS OF AGE, BECAUSE HIS PHYSICAL
CONDITION HAD DETERIORATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN HIS LATER YEARS.
(2) [REDACTED] HAS STATED COFFELT
SUFFERED FROM SEVERE ALCOHOLISM AND WAS ON VERSE OF NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN DURING APPROXIMATE PERIOD. SHE FURTHER ADVISES
HE HAD PLEBITIS AND EMPHYSEMA WHICH CAUSED HIM TO WEAR HEAVY
NYLON SUPPORT STOCKINGS AND CAUSED HIM PAIN WHEN HE MOVED.
BUREAU CAN OBTAIN COPY OF HER INTERVIEW FROM WFO FILE 164-169
IN HONOLULU AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, CC WFO, DATED APRIL 13, 1977.
BUREAU NOTE [REDACTED] STILL RESIDES IN HAWAII AND DOES
NOT WISH TO BE INTERVIEWED BY CBS BUT CONTINUES TO COOPERATE
WITH FBI.
(3) ON DECEMBER 6, 1971, APPROXIMATELY 12 DAYS AFTER
NORJAK, COFFELT HAD A PRE-EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW AT NORTHERN
VIRGINIA DOCTORS HOSPITAL. THIS IN SPITE OF [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] OWN ACCOUNT THAT COFFELT WAS SO SEVERELY INJURED IN