TeletypePortland to Director re interviews of finders of the ransom money20 February 1980page 4 of 6
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Part 96, page 305

DB Cooper-43239Serials PD 164-41

Document date 20 February 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 305 (DB Cooper-43239), Teletype, dated 20 Feb 1980, serial PD 164-41-1791 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/305

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET (struck) ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET (struck) ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL (struck) ☐ UNCLAS EFTO (struck) ☑ UNCLAS Date ________

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PAGE FOUR PD 164-41 UNCLAS

WHO WERE PLAYING TOGETHER IN THE SAND BY THE FIRE WHILE, AT THE TIME THE MONEY WAS FOUND, [REDACTED] WAS MANY FEET AWAY FROM THE FIRE AND THE PLACE WHERE THE MONEY WAS FOUND AND WAS ACTUALLY NEAR THE WATER'S EDGE. UNDER CLOSE QUESTIONING ABOUT THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, [REDACTED] INDICATED THAT PERHAPS NOT ALL OF THE MONEY HAD BEEN TURNED IN BY [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] SHE AGREED TO DO WHAT SHE COULD TO SEE THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE RANSOM THAT HAD BEEN FOUND WAS TURNED IN TO THE FBI. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1980, [REDACTED], AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, APPEARED AT THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE AND TURNED IN FOUR MORE $20 BILLS FROM THE RANSOM. AT THAT TIME, SHE REITERATED HER PREVIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE MONEY BEING ACTUALLY FOUND BY [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]. TELEPHONICALLY AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 19, 1980, [REDACTED] REITERATED HER EARLIER STORY THAT THE MONEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN FOUND BY [REDACTED] WHILE [REDACTED] WAS QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE [REDACTED] BY THE WATER'S EDGE.

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Approved: ________ Transmitted ________ Per ________ (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-43239