Part 97, page 31
DB Cooper-43444Serials PD 164-41
Document date 22 December 1982
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 31 (DB Cooper-43444), Teletype, dated 22 Dec 1982, serial PD 164-41-1893 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/31
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET (struck through) ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET (struck through) ☐ ___________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL (struck through) ☐ UNCLAS E F T O (struck through) ☒ UNCLAS Date 12/22/82
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PAGE TWO PD 164-41 UNCLAS
1983. SOME PRESS SOURCES HAVE HEADLINED HIS ACTIVITIES AS "FORMER FBI AGENT CONTINUES SEARCH" AND "SEARCH FOR COOPER GOES ON," TO THE EXTENT WHERE PORTLAND HAS FOUND IT NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THAT TOSAW IS NO LONGER ASSOCIATED OR EMPLOYED WITH THE FBI. (FBIHQ PERSONNEL DIVISION ADVISED SA [REDACTED] ON b6 NOVEMBER 4, 1982 THAT TOSAW WAS A SPECIAL AGENT FROM MARCH 19, 1951 b7C TO DECEMBER 16, 1955, AND RESIGNED 27 YEARS AGO.)
PORTLAND HAS BEEN ADVISED BY LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES THAT TOSAW IS "USING" THE FBI TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY FOR HIS BOOK AND USING THE PRESS AND HIS "SEARCH" FOR FREE PUBLICITY. FOR THAT REASON MANY LOCAL TV, RADIO STATIONS, AND THE OREGONIAN HAVE RECENTLY REFUSED TO CARRY STORIES CONCERNING HIS ACTIVITIES. THE OREGONIAN, PORTLAND'S MAJOR NEWSPAPER, DID NOT CARRY THE RECENT UPI WIRE SERVICE STORY. SOME PREVIOUS ARTICLES WERE CRITICAL ALMOST RIDICULING, AS THE OREGONIAN ARTICLE OF NOVEMBER 24, 1982, WHICH STATES "ALTHOUGH TOSAW CLAIMS TO BE
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Approved: _______________ Transmitted _______________ Per _______________ (Number) (Time) DB Cooper-43444 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1982 0 - 369-895