Interview report (FD-302)Interview re extortion letter received at Reno Evening GazetteInterviewed 29 November 19711 page
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Part 71, page 411

DB Cooper-30748Serials LV 164-60, SE 164-81-1016

Interviewed 29 November 1971Dictated 30 November 1971

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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 11/30/71

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[REDACTED], Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada, advised that the head office of that newspaper had opened an envelope on November 27, 1971, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and had found a note composed from words cut from a newspaper and pasted to a plain white sheet of paper. The note said, "Attention! Thanks for Hospitality was in a rut D. B. Cooper, ". The envelope in which the note was mailed was a white envelope postmarked, "Oakdale, Ca., 95361, November 27, 1971, PM". It was addressed to "Reno Newspaper", "Reno, Nevada." The address was printed in pencil.

[REDACTED] advised that at least eight employees of the newspaper had handled the note.

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[handwritten] Seriv. Q 164-81-1016 [stamp] DEC 1 4 1971 [initials] JAW

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On 11/29/71 at Reno, Nevada File # LV 164-60

by SA [REDACTED] :mtc Date dictated 11/30/71

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB Cooper-30748