Part 71, page 138
DB Cooper-30405Serials 164-2111, MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3335
Document date 18 May 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 71 p. 138 (DB Cooper-30405), Teletype, dated 18 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3335 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-71/pages/138
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 5/18/72
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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) & SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-) WEEKLY SUMMARY NORJAK.
SEATTLE IS CONTINUING TO CHECK OUT NUMEROUS SUSPECTS BUT RESULTS TO DATE, HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE.
[REDACTED] "SEATTLE FLAG, INC.," HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED AND DECLINED TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO, HE STATES, SOLD A STORY [REDACTED] ALLEGING TO BE THE HIJACKER IN THIS CASE. HE DOES ADMIT PAYING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE STORY WHICH WAS RECEIVED ON TAPES AND STATES THAT THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL REPRODUCED IN THE SEATTLE FLAG WAS MADE FROM A PHOTO OF A TWENTY DOLLAR BILL PROVIDED BY THE PERSON FROM WHOM HE BOUGHT THE STORY.
NORMAL CIRCULATION OF THE "SEATTLE FLAG" IS TWENTYFIVE THOUSAND COPIES, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE "D.B. COOPER" STORY SOLD TWENTYEIGHT THOUSAND COPIES. THEY WERE PREPARING TO PRINT AN ADDITIONAL TWENTYFIVE THOUSAND COPIES WHEN THE NEWSPAPERS CARRIED THE ARRESTS OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CONCERNING THEIR HOAX STORY SOLD TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
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[guess: Sub]. O 164-81-3335
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(3) Approved: _______________ Sent __________ M Per __________ Special Agent in Charge U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-30405