Part 50, page 184
Document date November 1983
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 50 p. 184 (DB Cooper-20789), News clipping, dated Nov 1983 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-50/pages/184
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these relics reveals yet another one of the intricate and sophisticated scams which were clearly his modus operandi before he undertook the boldest of them all and the crown of his career: the skyjacking.
I had learned about Robert Dobbs and his association with Coffelt in a curious fashion. A friend of his had once received a cookbook from Jack as a gift. This friend, upon being interviewed during our long investigation of Coffelt, produced the cookbook. Inside was discovered a crumpled letter meshed between two pages. It was a 1969 correspondence to Jack from Robert Dobbs! Dobbs had written Jack, who was then involved in a particularly shady affair in Washington D.C., to warn him: "I think it would be ill-advised to meet with you at this time unless we could be absolutely certain that you were not being followed." He then closed with the stark advice: "Burn this letter."
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When I tracked him down and told him that Jack had forgotten to burn his letter, Dobbs nevertheless managed a hearty laugh. "We never put much in writing to each other," he mused. "Perhaps Jack wanted to keep that letter as a souvenir." Half-expecting a denial, I informed Dobbs that Jack had confessed to being D.B. Cooper. The cagey attorney flashed a knowing smile. "I had a feeling he was involved in that thing," he replied without a trace of surprise in his voice. "You see, Jack would often call me, even from as far away as Europe or the Caribbean, wherever he was, to tell me that he was into something and if he didn't call back at a certain time for me to start checking. Well, when that thing happened I suspected Jack was involved in it . . . because right before the skyjacking he called me from Portland, Oregon!"
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LAS VEGAN MAGAZINE/[illegible] DB Cooper-20789
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