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Part 43, page 435 DB Cooper-17684 Serials SE 164-81-8320 , SF 164-220
Document date 20 February 1980 AI Dates: 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.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 43, page 435 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 p. 435 (DB Cooper-17684), Letter, dated 20 Feb 1980, serial SE 164-81-8320 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-43/pages/435
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% ACADEMIC PUBLISHING, INC.
Box 27
Berkeley, California 94701
A NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC SERVICE
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20 February 1980
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco California
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The following purports to be a copy of one of
the twenty dollar bills taken by skyjacker "D.B. Cooper"
when he jumped from a 727 on 24 November 1971.
I wonder whether the serial numbers correspond
to any of the stolen currency.
Curiously
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[guess: SF] [guess: FILE] 164-220
SEARCHED / / / INDEXED
SERIALIZED FILED
FEB 22 1980
[guess: CISCO]
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L 51279635 A
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SERIES 1969
D24
TWENTY DOLLARS
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164-81-8320
164-220-[illegible]
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DB Cooper-17684
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b6
b7C
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[guess: pleasure] [guess: of reply]
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Letterhead of Academic Publishing, Inc., a non-profit academic service based in Berkeley, California.
Date of the letter.
Letter addressed to the FBI San Francisco field office.
A member of the public writes to the FBI enclosing a copy of a $20 bill, asking whether its serial number matches the D.B. Cooper ransom money from the November 24, 1971 hijacking.
FBI processing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on February 22, 1980, with file number 164-220.
Photocopy of the front of a US $20 bill with serial number L 51279635 A, Series 1969, Federal Reserve Bank district 12 (San Francisco).
Handwritten case reference numbers, likely FBI file numbers.
FBI vault or document tracking number.
FBI exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) indicating redaction justifications.
Partially legible handwritten annotation, possibly a note about replying to the letter.
Main typed letter is clearly legible Image of $20 bill is clear Some handwritten annotations and stamps are partially legible Scan order ← p. 434 p. 436 →