Part 53, page 187

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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)

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Cooper Bill List Sparks New Leads

The FBI has received several new leads and offers of help in the 2-year-old D.B. Cooper hijacking case since The Journal offered to pay $1,000 for the first $20 of the "Cooper cash" to be turned in.

Julius Mattson, agent in charge of the Portland office of the FBI, said every response is followed through and that there have been several new ones during the days the newspaper has been publishing the list of serial numbers of the bills. Cooper disappeared with [illegible]

A man who gave the name Dan Cooper when he purchased a ticket at Portland hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, and extorted $200,000 from the airline. He and the money disappeared when he parachuted from the jet somewhere between Seattle and Reno.

Anyone coming into possession of one of the 10,000 $20 bills can call The Journal at 221-8374, use the newspaper's Secret Witness if he desires safeguard his identity or bring the bill to the newspaper or to the nearest office of the FBI. If it is the first one to surface from the money Cooper had, and that fact is verified by the FBI, the newspaper will pay the holder $1,000.

The Journal began publishing the list of serial numbers Nov. 22, and other parts of the list have appeared each day since with the exception of weekend editions. Persons unable to obtain copies of the newspaper may, by checking with their nearest FBI office, be able to inspect a copy of the official list there.

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$20 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE [Dense columns of serial numbers, partially legible. Sample entries:] L32 872 5814 A ... L32 926 827A 69 ... L33-011 8194 49 ... L33 046 485A 69 ... L35 142 813A 49 L32 873 1504 A9 ... L32 927 922A 49 ... L33 012 394A 69 ... L33 097 754A 69 ... [illegible] [Multiple columns of Federal Reserve note serial numbers continuing for approximately 40+ rows]

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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)

3 THE OREGON JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON

Date: November 30, 197[3] Edition: Author: Rolla J. Crick Editor: Donald Sterling, Jr Title: NORJAK

Character: or Bufile Classification: 164-2111 Submitting Office: Portland

[Stamp area:] X Being Investigated SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIAL[IZED]......FILED DEC 21 1973 [illegible] - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-22525