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. 459 (DB Cooper-16574), Teletype, dated 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7898 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/459
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THIS EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE ACTUAL FLIGHT WITH COOPER AND
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MEANS BY WHICH THE CREW DETERMINED THE
APPROXIMATE AREA THAT COOPER JUMPED FROM THE PLANE. CBS SAYS
THEY HAVE TALKED TO OFFICIALS OF THE BOEING AIRCRAFT CORPORA-
TION AND THEY SAY THAT A DROP OF CABIN PRESSURE, SUCH AS
OCCURRED, WOULD NOT BE APPARENT TO THE CREW.
CBS HAS TALKED TO SA [REDACTED] WHO HAS BEEN THE
CASE AGENT ON THE NORJAK CASE FOR THE PORTLAND OFFICE SINCE
1971 AND TO SAC JOHN REED OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE. [REDACTED]
FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN COFFELT [REDACTED] THE
ONLY PERSON TO VISIT HIM WAS THE SAC IN THE ATLANTA OFFICE. IN
ADDITION THEY HAVE DEVELOPED SOME INDEPENDENT INFORMATION THAT
COFFELT KNEW J. EDGAR HOOVER AND SENATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY.
CBS HAS INTERVIEWED SA [REDACTED] THE CASE AGENT
IN PORTLAND, AND SAC JOHN REED IN SEATTLE. [REDACTED] CONTENDS
THAT HIS QUESTIONS CONCERNING COFFELT WERE NOT ADEQUATELY
ANSWERED BY EITHER [REDACTED] OR REED AND IT IS HIS FEELING
THAT THE RELUCTANCE OF THE BUREAU TO TALK ABOUT COFFELT LEADS
CBS TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS EITHER AN INFORMANT OR HIS ACQUAINT-
ANCESHIP WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER AND HUBERT HUMPHREY PRECLUDED