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. 451 (DB Cooper-16566), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/451
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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VERSION OF HIS EXPERIENCES WITH COFFELT WHICH HE ENTITLED,
[REDACTED] IT IS THIS
MANUSCRIPT WHICH [REDACTED] A FORMER CBS EMPLOYEE,
[REDACTED] IS
NOW APPARENTLY TRYING TO INTEREST "60 MINUTES" IN THIS STORY.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT [REDACTED] HOPES THAT "60 MINUTES" WILL BE
ABLE TO HAVE THE BUREAU VERIFY OR DISPROVE CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION IN THIS MANUSCRIPT. MORE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN
A REPORT [REDACTED] WHICH IS REFERRED TO
LATER.
BUREAU SHOULD NOTE THAT [REDACTED] STORY CONCERNING:
COFFELT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE FBI IN NOVEMBER, 1976, IN LOS
ANGELES; HOWEVER, IT WAS SO COMPLETELY FILLED WITH ERRORS THAT
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GIVE IT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
SINCE THAT TIME, [REDACTED] HAVE INTERVIEWED,
OR ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW, MOST NORJAK EYE WITNESSES AND
OFFERED THEM MONEY TO SERVE AS "CONSULTANTS" FOR A PROPOSED
FILM. AFTER THESE INTERVIEWS, [REDACTED] STORY WOULD
BT