Handwritten noteHandwritten citizen letter to FBI Seattle naming 'Dan Cooper' of El Rancho as suspect15 February 1980page 3 of 6
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Part 43, page 226

DB Cooper-17435

Document date 15 February 1980

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Transcript

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J.B.J. -4- [REDACTED] 2-15-1980

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I say [REDACTED] ? Cooper D - of El Rancho Drive-in [guess: Theater] [guess: Jan. March] 1950 is a logical suspect for the - the [guess: Ransom] and [guess: plunge] from a 727, in darkness [guess: descending] a storm in the lower [guess: Cascades] of Washington [guess: Stale].

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As an [REDACTED] of Los Angeles, [guess: Mrs] Employed by [REDACTED] of Palm Springs - and associates. Too many times I listened to these two [guess: affable] gentlemen [guess: discuss] their [guess: parachuting] [guess: articles] during World War # 2.

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[REDACTED] stressed "the Reason" they [guess: selected] [guess: men] of darker skins - [guess: liars] [guess: because] our white faces did not show up in [guess: reared] [guess: battles] while [guess: dropping] in the [guess: furrows] of [guess: East Africa]. See [guess: forgotten] - how I present my case [guess: before] the

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DB Cooper-17435