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. 453 (DB Cooper-16568), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/453
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
PAGE EIGHT SE 1[REDACTED]31 UNCLAS
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APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO MORE CLOSELY FIT KNOWN NORJAK
FACTS.
[REDACTED] POSSIBLY TOTALING $10,000
FOR HIS STORY AND WITH THAT MUCH MONEY INVESTED, [REDACTED] IS
COMMITTED TO THIS COFFELT/COOPER RELATIONSHIP. IN THE PAST,
BOTH [REDACTED] HAVE CONSULTED WITH U.S. ATTORNEYS IN
LOS ANGELES AND LAS VEGAS, ASKING THEM TO INVESTIGATE AN FBI
COVER UP. NOW [REDACTED] HAS INTERESTED CBS NEWS WITH HIS STORY,
POSSIBLY IN THE HOPE OF OBTAINING ADDITIONAL PERTINENT OR
CONFIDENTIAL FBI INFORMATION TO UPDATE HIS ALREADY ALTERED
SCRIPT.
AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, [REDACTED] HAS OFFERED MONEY TO NORJAK
EYE WITNESSES TO ACT AS TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND AT LEAST ONE
WITNESS, [REDACTED] HAS TRAVELLED TO LOS ANGELES
TO DISCUSS HIS OFFER OF $5,000 NOW, WITH POSSIBLE RESIDUAL
PROCEEDS OF $30,000. IN ADDITION, [REDACTED] HAS ADVISED NORJAK
WITNESSES THAT HE HAS ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL FBI INFORMATION;
THAT HE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FBI ON THIS MATTER; AND,
THAT THE FBI HAS VERIFIED ALL OR PART OF HIS SCRIPT.
SEATTLE CONSIDERS COFFELT A VERY POOR SUSPECT AND ALL