Document date 27 July 1977AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 61 p. 415 (DB Cooper-25663), Teletype, dated 27 Jul 1977, serial LA 164-497-950 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-61/pages/415
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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NOR DOES HE RECALL ANY REFERENCE BY EITHER OF [REDACTED]
TO JAMES EARL RAY AND ADDITIONALLY, [REDACTED] DOES NOT KNOW
AN ATTORNEY NAMED [REDACTED] IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT [REDACTED] IS A CLOSE
PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE HONORABLE GRIFFIN B. BELL,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. [REDACTED] SOMETIME
IN APRIL, 1977, RELATED TO [REDACTED] OF LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA, HIS CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE BELL
AND OFFERED TO RELATE [REDACTED] VERSION OF INSTANT MATTER
AND THE IDENTITY OF DAVID BRYANT COFFELT AS HIJACKER TO
JUDGE BELL TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO JUDGE
BELL AND THE FBI. [REDACTED] CONSENTED AND AGREED
THAT [REDACTED] SHOULD TURN OVER TO FBI A FILE OF CORRESPON-
DENCE AUTHORED BY [REDACTED] AND RELATING TO
[REDACTED] EFFORTS TO SELL A STORY TO MOVIE AND TELEVISION
MEDIA IN WHICH DAVID BRYANT COFFELT, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AND NOW DECEASED,
IS IDENTIFIED AS THE HIJACKER IN INSTANT MATTER. [REDACTED]
HAS DISCUSSED THE COFFELT-COOPER RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE
BELL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INTERVIEWED BY AGENTS IN ATLANTA