TeletypePortland to Director and Seattle re Vancouver, Washington family's discovery of NORJAK ransom money19 February 1980page 5 of 6
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Part 67, page 23

DB Cooper-28219Serials PE 164-41

Document date 19 February 1980

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On FEBRUARY [redacted], 198[redacted], [redacted] TELE- PHONICALLY CONTACTED SA [redacted] ADVISING THAT SHE HAD HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT THE FBI WAS MAKING AN AWARD TO [redacted] FOR HAVING FOUND THE MONEY. SHE WANTED TO CONFIRM THIS. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE PORTLAND DIVISION HAD NO SUCH INFORMATION. SHE THEN ASKED IF [redacted] HAD VISITED THE PORTLAND OFFICE, WHICH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED, AND SHE ASKED IF [redacted] BROUGHT ANYTHING WITH HER, AND THIS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED, AND SHE THEN ASKED HOW MANY, AND WAS TOLD FOUR. SHE THEN SAID THAT SHE AND [redacted] HAD KEPT TWO BILLS EACH FROM THE RANSOM MONEY FOUND FOR SOUVENIRS NOT REALIZING WHAT IT WAS, AND THAT WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE EX- PLAINED TO THEM, THEY, [redacted], RETURNED THE MONEY TO THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE. [redacted] THEN REITERATED THE ACCOUNT PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED BY [redacted] AS TO THE FINDING OF THE MONEY BY [redacted], AND STATED THAT [redacted] WAS NOT AT THE POINT PLAYING WITH [redacted] WHEN THE MONEY WAS FOUND. SHE STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME ANIMOSITY IN THE FAMILY INASMUCH AS [redacted]

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