Document date 9 January 1973AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 83 p. 236 (DB Cooper-36676), Form, dated 9 Jan 1973, serial SE 164-81-1A (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-83/pages/236
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164-81-1a [illegible numbers/stamp]
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b6
b7C
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KODAK PAPER
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DB Cooper-36676
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[illegible], Cambodia — The
[gove]rnment acknowledged
[be]cause of corruption by
[offic]ers and other "irregu-
[lari]t times" paid salaries
[to 100,]000 nonexistent soldiers.
[It] said that it had some-
[thing] of 300,000 troops even
[though it] found that the actual
[number i]n the army is about
[— "pha]ntom" troops — a cré-
[ation of pa]rolls submitted by unit
[commanders ar]e the most widespread
[problem] in Cambodia and have
[been a source o]f bitter popular com-
[plaint.]
Cambodian army re-
[ceives $15] a month, so 100,000
[phantom soldiers wo]uld put $[2] million"