Part 62, page 102
DB Cooper-25666Serials WF 164-169
Document date 2 August 1977
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 62 p. 102 (DB Cooper-25666), Teletype, dated 2 Aug 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-62/pages/102
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PAGE TWO WF 164-169 CLEAR
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[REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS AN ATTORNEY WITH OFFICES AT 325 PENNSYL- VANIA AVENUE, S.E., WASHINGTON, D. C. (WDC). [REDACTED] MET JAMES BRYANT COFFELT IN 1970 WHEN BOTH WERE ATTENDING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. [REDACTED] DESCRIBES COFFELT AS A COUNTRY BOY WHO WAS "A REAL CON MAN."
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ACCORDING TO [REDACTED] COFFELT WAS A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON WHO WAS A GOOD STORY TELLER AND SALESMAN. COFFELT TOLD [REDACTED] HE, COFFELT, WAS FROM THE COLSON HILLS AREA, HAD DONE TIME FOR BANK ROBBERY, AND HAD BEEN PAROLED IN 1955. ACCORDING TO COFFELT, WHEN TRUMAN WAS UNDER SIEGE AT THE BLAIR HOUSE, A GUARD-RELATIVE HAD SAVED TRUMAN'S LIFE AND THE FAMILY WAS REWARDED WITH COFFELT'S PAROLE. [REDACTED] LAST SAW COFFELT ON DECEMBER 27 OF 1974 OR 1975, WHEN COFFELT WAS MOVING TO LAS VEGAS.
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ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO A [REDACTED] CAME TO WASHINGTON AND [REDACTED] WENT TO BREAKFAST WITH HIM. [REDACTED] TALKED ABOUT A [REDACTED] COFFELT HAD WRITTEN [REDACTED] AND THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING THE BOOK. [REDACTED] WAS TRYING TO LOCATE COFFELT AND ASKED IF COFFELT HAD OWED [REDACTED] ANY MONEY. [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAD DONE SOME LEGAL WORK FOR COFFELT
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