Part 73, page 284
DB Cooper-31637Serials LA 164-497
Document date 23 September 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 p. 284 (DB Cooper-31637), Teletype, dated 23 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3930 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-73/pages/284
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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE SURE [REDACTED] GUESSED THE TRUTH. [REDACTED] NEVER SAID NOTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. "D. B. COOPER" DIED THINKING THAT [REDACTED] BELIEVED HIM.
EVERYTHING I'VE SAID HERE IS TRUE. I COULD'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE GAVE EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY TO CHARITY, BUT WE DIDN'T. LAST JANUARY WE FLEW TO EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. [REDACTED] WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD BEFORE HE DIED. THAT WAS THE LAST TRIP WE EVER TOOK TOGETHER.
HIS LAST [REDACTED] DAYS WERE SPENT COMPLETELY BEDRIDDEN. DISEASE KNAWING HIS INSIDES OUT AND PAIN SHOOTING THROUGH HIS BODY, HE NEVER ONCE LOST HIS COURAGE. THE ONLY DAY HE MISSED AN ENTRY IN HIS DIARY WAS THE DAY HE PASSED AWAY. I THINK YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HIS LAST WRITTEN WORDS.
". . . REALLY WEAK TODAY. . . . MOTHER CAME BY THIS MORNING. I LOVE HER. . . . LIFE ISN'T SO IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD IGNORE DEATH, NOR VICE VERSA. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DENIED DEATH THE ATTENTION HE NOW DEMANDS. BETTER THAT HE TAKE ME, THAN THE LIFE FROM ANYONE ELSE. . . ."
EVEN ON THE VERGE OF DEATH, [REDACTED] WAS THINKING OF OTHERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LETTER IS SIGNED [REDACTED] LOS ANGELES WILL FURNISH ORIGINAL AND COPIES OF LETTER AND ENVELOPE TO BUREAU AND SEATTLE BY AIRTEL. END DCA FBI SEATTLE [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-31637