Part 43, page 229
Document date 15 February 1980
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 p. 229 (DB Cooper-17438), Handwritten note, dated 15 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-43/pages/229
Transcript
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[redacted - b6/b7C] F.B.I. [redacted] 7 [redacted] 0-1 [illegible] 1980 Hello ... I took so long in coming up with [redacted] home is [guess: migratory] - Rest Uh it was simply a blank letter last week. "D. B." Cooper I [guess: Dan] Cooper I I Believe uses the real name of. [guess: has] been [guess: contacted] [guess: for] past. Rest "D. B." Cooper name he [guess: Rolls] [guess: level] me.
You see I [guess: as] [redacted - b6/b7C] [redacted] "Dan Cooper" was personally selected by me as an Excellent Employee. Prospect. To work for the El Rancho [guess: Motor]-Inn as of January 1950,
Of course I do not know if this [guess: plot] in the least can help. I can only hope it [guess: will]. Most Cordially
[redacted - b6/b7C] [redacted] week a story out now in Frontier Times - March 1950 - and January 1960 - [guess: Hook] & [guess: Horn] also [guess: would] [illegible] DB Cooper-17438 [guess: 1980]