Part 96, page 431

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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 THREE PD 164A-41 UNCLAS

COOPER WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PORTLAND POLICE OFFICER AS SIX FEET TALL, APPROXIMATELY 210 LBS., WITH DARK EYES AND DARK HAIR, GRAYING AT THE TEMPLES. THE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF HIM BY THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE COMPOSITE SKETCH OF D. B. COOPER. INQUIRY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA SYSTEM AND PORTLAND INDICES FAILS TO REVEAL ANY INFORMATION ON [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED]. b7C

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING THE PAST THREE WEEKS THE PORTLAND DIVISION HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS FROM PERSONS CLAIMING TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SKYJACKING, HAVE THE MONEY, OR IN FACT BE D. B. COOPER. MUCH OF THIS INCREASED INTEREST HAS BEEN OCCASIONED BY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SKYJACKING AND THE RELEASE OF A MOVIE ENTITLED, "IN SEARCH OF D. B. COOPER," WHICH OFFERED A ONE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD IF HE WOULD TURN HIMSELF IN. BASED UPON THE VOLUME OF THESE INQUIRIES AND THE FACT THAT EVERY ONE HAS PROVEN EITHER UNSUBSTANTIATED OR IN SEVERAL INSTANCES SOME TYPE OF HOAX, SAC, PORTLAND, ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONNEL THAT CALLS ON THE COOPER CASE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED PRIOR TO DISPATCHING INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL. THIS WAS DONE TO AVOID AN UNNECESSARY

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DB Cooper-43380 Approved: ____________ Transmitted ____________ Per ____________ (Number) (Time) ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-305-750/5402