TeletypeLos Angeles to Director, Minneapolis and Seattle re South Dakota man claiming to be Cooper13 June 1980page 2 of 5
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Part 44, page 255

DB Cooper-18119Serials LA 164-497

Document date 13 June 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 p. 255 (DB Cooper-18119), Teletype, dated 13 Jun 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-44/pages/255

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PAGE TWO (LA 164-497) UNCLAS

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DOCUMENT CONTAINED MANY DETAILS OF THE CRIME AND WAS REPRESENTED BY [REDACTED] TO BE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS OWN ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE HIJACKING.

SOURCE STATED [REDACTED] IS A HEAVY DRINKER AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] SHORTLY THEREAFTER, [REDACTED] MADE ADDITIONAL REFERENCES TO HIGHJACKING TO SOURCE AND CAUTIONED THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS AWARE OF THIS MATTER. SOURCE UNABLE TO RECALL ALL DETAILS OF THE [REDACTED] BUT REMEMBERED ACCOUNT CONTAINED EXPLANATION OF HOW CRIME WAS PLANNED, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE NAME "COOPER" AND A REFERENCE TO PARACHUTING FROM AIRCRAFT.

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ACCORDING TO SOURCE, [REDACTED] SERVED IN U.S. MARINE CORP (USMC) APPROXIMATELY [REDACTED] AND IS A COMBAT VETERAN OF TWO OR MORE TOURS IN VIETNAM. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN PARACHUTE TRAINED IN USMC AND IS BELIEVED BY SOURCE TO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN "SKY- DIVING" SUBSEQUENT TO HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE. FOLLOWING DISCHARGE [REDACTED] RESIDED WITH [REDACTED] IN SEATTLE,

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DB Cooper-18119