Part 68, page 168
DB Cooper-28937Serials DE 164-115, SE 164-81
Document date 6 February 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 68 p. 168 (DB Cooper-28937), Memo, dated 6 Feb 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-68/pages/168
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SAC, NEW YORK 2/6/76
SAC, DETROIT (164-115) (P)
UNSUB, aka, Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines, Flight 350, Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SEATTLE
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For the information of New York and Seattle Divisions [redacted] is the [redacted] and [redacted] of the "Secret Witness Program" of a local [guess: Detroit] newspaper. The "Secret Witness Program" offers rewards in varying amounts to individuals who anonymously furnish infor- mation to the newspaper in current local investigations and cases of national prominence.
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By letter dated 1/26/76 [redacted] advised the Detroit of the following information which he had anonymously been furnished by a "tipster":
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"Regarding the 'D.B. Cooper' who hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight over Washington four years ago, I knew a [redacted] (who some- times wrote his name so that the [redacted] looked like [redacted] and who hurriedly left the country for Uganda, South Africa on the day of the hijacking. [redacted] became quite interested in flying a few months before leaving the country and left the organization [redacted] with large financial problems. About two years ago he
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2 - New York 1 - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 2 - Detroit (5)
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164 - [guess: 81] [illegible] DB Cooper-28937