AirtelSAC Butte to SAC Seattle re D.B. Cooper letter found at Billings Greyhound bus depot28 March 1980page 1 of 2
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Part 44, page 35

DB Cooper-17824Serials BT 164-26, SE 164-81

Document date 28 March 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 p. 35 (DB Cooper-17824), Airtel, dated 28 Mar 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-44/pages/35

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date 3/28/80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (RUC) SUBJECT: NORJAK (A) OO: Seattle

Re Butte letter to Seattle, 3/14/80.

On 3/27/80, [REDACTED] Billings, Montana, advised SA [REDACTED] that he was a [REDACTED] at the GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT. Early on the morning of 3/27/80, he found a letter on the floor of the lobby of the GREYHOUND DEPOT and he felt he should make this information available to the FBI.

The letter was addressed to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in care of [REDACTED] New York, New York, [REDACTED] and the envelope bore the return address of [REDACTED] Seattle, Washington, [REDACTED] Inside the envelope was the following note:

"Dear [REDACTED]

"Regardless of what the FBI says, I am still alive and will send you some loot soon.

"Love,

"/s/ D. B."

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FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-17824

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