Part 97, page 86
Serials PD 164-41
Document date 23 December 1982
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 86, Teletype, dated 23 Dec 1982 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/86
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PAGE THREE PD 164-41 UNCLAS SERIOUS ABOUT FINDING COOPER'S PARACHUTE OR OTHER BELONGINGS, [REDACTED] THE RIVER AT A PAINSTAKINGLY SLOW HIS [REDACTED] PACE WITH A LARGE STEEL RAKE ATTACHED TO A ROPE."
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ON DECEMBER 15, 1992, A NEWS SOURCE ADVISED THAT TOSAW RENEWED HIS PUBLICITY EFFORTS, AND THAT A WIRE SERVICE STORY WAS GOING OUT REPORTING FINDINGS OF PORTIONS OF A PARACHUTE AND MONEY SACK, PROBABLY THAT OF COOPER'S. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FINDINGS WERE FURNISHED BY THE SOURCE. THE "EVIDENCE" CONSISTED OF NYLON CORD AND A BRIGHT GREEN PORTION OF NYLON CLOTH SIMILAR TO THAT USED ON SAILBOATS. PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO COOPER WERE WHITE, AND THERE WAS NO MONEY SACK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CASE.
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PORTLAND HAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO NEITHER INTERFERE WITH TOSAW'S RIGHT TO PUBLISH A BOOK AND DO RESEARCH ON COOPER, NOR TO INAPPROPRIATELY SPEND GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOLLOWING UP ON MATTERS CLEARLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH KNOWN FACTS BUT WHICH APPEAR TO BE DERIVED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF A PRIVATE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. AS A RESULT, PORTLAND RESPONDED TO THE DELUGE OF NEWS INQUIRIES BY SIMPLY STATING THAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS FOUND DID NOT MATCH THE PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE THAT LEFT THE AIRPLANE WITH MR. COOPER.