Part 51, page 132

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SOUTH BEND, IN 11-25-[guess: 46] LET P.6/22 4

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TO THE FBI

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AN AP RELEASE APPEARED ON NOV. 24TH IN OUR LOCAL PAPER WITH 1973 DRAWINGS FROM FBI FILES OF A MAN KNOWN AS "D.B. COOPER", WHO COLLECTED $200,000 FROM A BOEING 727 HE HIJACKED 11-24-73, THEN HE APPARENTLY PARACHUTED OUT OF THE PLANE OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON.

THE MANS PICTURE BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO [REDACTED] WHO SOLICITS DONATIONS BY MAIL FOR AN ORGANIZATION [REDACTED] AFTER A CONVERSION EXPERIENCE HE CLAIMS HAPPENED ON AN AIRPLANE. THE ORGANIZATION IS CALLED "FOOD FOR THE POOR, INC." INFORMATION ABOUT IT IS ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE ENCLOSED TWO SHEETS, ALONG WITH PARTS OF THE ARTICLE I SAW. [REDACTED] LITERATURE STATES THAT "FOOD FOR THE POOR" FUNDS MISSIONARIES, PARTICULARLY IN HAITI. [REDACTED] STATES IN HIS SOLICITATION MAIL THAT HE USED TO BE A BUSINESSMAN BUT HIS CONVERSION EXPERIENCE LED HIM TO DISAVOW MATERIALISM. [REDACTED] HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES IN RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. A NON-RELIGIOUS, SECULAR ARTICLE IS ENCLOSED HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT SAVE THE ORIGINAL LITERATURE, WHICH COULD SHOW YOU THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE 1973 SKY JACKER AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RESEMBLANCE YOURSELF, IF YOU FOLLOW UP ON THIS LEAD. "FOOD FOR THE POOR" IS BASED IN DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, I BELIEVE; ON LITERATURE THE RETURN ADDRESS IS [guess: TROM] THERE. SINCERELY [REDACTED]

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PS - THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED FOR ME BY A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN HERE IN OUR CITY.

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DB Cooper-21243