Part 70, page 291

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December 3, 1971

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MEMO TO EARL MILNES

Dear Earl:

After I called you this morning, I told [REDACTED] I would call back in the afternoon but I was [REDACTED] and didn't get back as early as I had figured.

With current events as they are, I know that you have your hands full and I don't intend to take but just a moment of your time.

[REDACTED] were discussing the extensive list which had to be printed and sent out with regard to the currency which was turned over to the hijacker and the cost (to the taxpayers) which was run up in getting the booklet printed and mailed all over the country. This may or may not be a matter of particular interest to you, [REDACTED] came up with an idea which might help recover some of those printing costs and, with any luck, might even turn up some of the items which are listed.

That is for the FBI to get a news release out to every daily newspaper (thru AP or UPI wire) that copies of the list of bills, in booklet form, are available to anyone interested at a cost of $1.00 apiece. Not that she nor I subscribe to the "hero-worship" concept we've been reading about, but we believe there'd be hundreds who would like to get ahold of a copy...either for curiosity's sake or as a souvenir item. In addition to making the books available for a buck apiece, the news item could also point out that if an actual bill was turned up, J. Edgar Hoover would buy it back for $21.00, thereby returning their investment on the book.

I know it may sound weird but, on the other hand, I can see how it also might even turn up some real good leads.

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DB Cooper-30129

Sub. M 164-81-HB ARCHED INDEXED RIALIZED //// FILED //// DEC 10 1971 FBI—SEATTLE