TeletypePortland to Director and Seattle re Vancouver, Washington family's discovery of NORJAK ransom money19 February 1980page 2 of 6
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Part 67, page 20

DB Cooper-28216Serials PD 164-41

Document date 19 February 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 p. 20 (DB Cooper-28216), Teletype, dated 19 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-67/pages/20

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PAGE TWO PD 164-41 UNCLAS

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[REDACTED] AND WAS NOT A [REDACTED]. WHO HAD [illegible] CALLED [illegible] FRO[M] [illegible] T[illegible] [guess: TELEPHONED] FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, CALLED BACK AT APPROXIMATELY 5:35 P.M. TO DETERMINE RESULTS OF NCIC CHECK AND WAS TOLD FBI HAS I[illegible]TE[illegible]STED IN THE MONEY. APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR HIM TO BRING MONEY TO PORTLAND OFFICE, 9:30 A.M., FEBRUARY 12, 1988. AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 A.M., FEBRUARY 12, 1988, [REDACTED] APPEARED AT PORTLAND OFFICE AND FURNISHED PORTLAND CASE AGENT, SA [REDACTED], WITH PLASTIC BAG[S] CONTAINING SEVERAL CLUMPS OF $20 BILLS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SERIAL NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY CHECKED, AND ADDITIONAL NUMBERS CONTAINED ON RANSOM LIST AND IDENTIFIABLE AS RANSOM. [REDACTED] STATED THEY HAD BEEN ON FAMILY OUTING ON BEACH OF COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR LAKE VANCOUVER, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1[0], 1980, WHEN [REDACTED] DECIDED TO BUILD A BONFIRE. HE ASSEMBLED SOME DRIFTWOOD, AND AS HE STARTED TO PLACE IT ON THE BEACH SAND TO BUILD A FIRE, [REDACTED] BENT DOWN AND, WITH HIS HANDS, SMOOTHED THE SAND TO CLEAR A PLACE TO BUILD THE FIRE. AT THAT MOMENT, [REDACTED] WITH HIS HANDS, A BUNDLE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MONEY IN THIS MATTER. THE MONEY, AT THAT

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