TeletypeSAC Portland to Director re man claiming to be D.B. Cooper at Portland Police Bureau7 December 1981page 2 of 4
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Part 96, page 430

DB Cooper-43379Serials PD 164-41

Document date 7 December 1981

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 430 (DB Cooper-43379), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1981, serial PD 164-41-1860 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/430

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

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☐ ________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS Date ________

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PAGE TWO PD 164A-41 UNCLAS

THAT ON DECEMBER 3, 1981, AT ABOUT THREE A.M., SHE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM AN OFFICER OF THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU STATING THAT HE HAD D. B. COOPER IN HIS OFFICE, WISHING TO TURN HIMSELF IN. [REDACTED] OBTAINED A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND A STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICER THAT THE MAN COULD BE [REDACTED] BUT HE WAS UNSURE. THE INDIVIDUAL HAD IDENTIFIED HIMSELF TO THE POLICE OFFICER AS [REDACTED].

BASED UPON THE INFORMATION SHE DEVELOPED, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT DISPATCHING AN AGENT TO INTERVIEW THE MAN, ENCOURAGED THE POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM, AND ASKED THAT THE MAN CONTACT THE FBI IN THE MORNING FOR ANY INFORMATION HE COULD FURNISH. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE INDIVIDUAL, IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS [REDACTED] CALLED THE PORTLAND OFFICE OF THE FBI, REPEATED WHAT HE HAD TOLD REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU, AND SAID THAT HE WAS TIRED [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] ASKED HIM SEVERAL QUESTIONS, MOST OF WHICH HE WOULD NOT ANSWER. HE SAID THAT [REDACTED] AND WAS PLEASANT THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION

THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS D. B.

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Approved: ________ Transmitted ________ Per ________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402 DB Cooper-43379