Document date 12 February 1980AIDates: 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 62 p. 187 (DB Cooper-25894), Teletype, dated 12 Feb 1980, serial LA 164-497-1000 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-62/pages/187
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PAGE THREE PD 164-41 UNCLAS
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[REDACTED] WASHINGTON, DISCOVERED
A SUM OF MONEY PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND IN THE NORTH RIVER BANK
OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, UPPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES DOWN RIVER FROM
THE U.S. INTERSTATE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. [REDACTED] THE FBI AND AN
EXAMINATION OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $20 BILLS REVEALS THAT THEY
BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A PORTION OF THOSE GIVEN TO
THE HIJACKER. BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSED NATURE OF THE BILLS,
AN EXACT ESTIMATE OF THE RECOVERED MONEY IS NOT POSSIBLE PENDING
A LABORATORY EXAMINATION, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE
INDICATE THAT THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN
MUCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. THE BILLS
WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FBI LABORATORY FOR ADDITIONAL
EXAMINATION.
IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT THE PACKAGE OF BILLS COULD HAVE
BEEN CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON ONE OF THE WASHINGTON TRIBUTARIES OF
THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE SITE WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.
SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON HAVE
SECURED THE AREA AND COMMENCED AN INTENSIVE SEARCH.