Let me clarify, FJ posted believing the reason Cooper asked for the matchbook back was due to his writing on the matchbook and shows a 302 with the quote I posted. my take is it doesn't suggest Cooper wrote on the matchbook. it suggests notes were placed in the matchbook. that's the reason I used the term "singular" as it suggests in the 302..

This is the quote from the 302

"He used a match cover which was used to convey notes"

It doesn't suggest Cooper wrote on the cover. the "notes" were in the match cover. none of it is similar to anything written previously or stated by Tina. it tosses a wrench into things, as usual.

I agree, I'm just giving my two cents about the quote. a lot of it doesn't make sense. I will post what Tina stated about the empty matchbook. she was going to throw it away and he stopped her and took it back from what I recall.

Creative writing is in a book. this was from a 302. possibly, misinformation vs creative writing. just like a lot of events that seem to grow with time..

"At one time she lit a cigarette for him with the last match in the paper match folder. when she attempted to discard the empty card folder, the hijacker decisively took it from her and placed it into one of his pockets, stating he didn't want her to throw it away"

Tosaw, last paragraph on page10 of his book:

"When the matchbook he [i.e., Cooper] had given her [i.e., Tina] was empty, she put it in the ashtray in the arm of the seat and went to get some company matches.  While she was getting them from the cabinet behind his seat, she saw him take the empty book from the ashtray and put it in his pocket."

Creative writing can appear in any document at any time.

I'm trying to understand what you are saying..Tosaw's book is correct and the 302 statements shortly after the crime are not true? which is the creative writing and not evidence?

Isn't creative writing intentional or untrue, made up, created or a different version?

In the light of Mr William Mitchell's interview with KOMO TV in November 2019, I wonder whether Mr Mitchell would be amenable to enquiries relating to his testimony in 1971 to the FBI and in 2013 to the Washington State Historical Society, with appropriate respect for his privacy.

To this end, is there anyone on this forum who knows (and is willing to share) Mr Mitchell's middle initial (the initial mentioned in Geoffrey Gray's book may not be correct), and his zip code? thus permitting an enquiry by snail mail, to which he would be free to respond, or not.

I felt that Colbert’s show purposely gave the wrong middle initial. I sense Mitchell may not recognize the guy. Remember he was just some guy on a plane until Mitchell was off. Tina and Flo and maybe Alice are the ones who might know. Might.

You would think Flo would mention matchbooks coming into the cockpit as notes were be made about the hijacking.

There are things they hold back but I doubt they remove anything to cover for the weeding out of suspects. the news will often say someone was shot and murdered but don't say how or where they were shot. sometimes they leave out of a shooting they were also stabbed. I think they would have a file with that information separate so it doesn't get out.

I'm trying to understand what you are saying..Tosaw's book is correct and the 302 statements shortly after the crime are not true? which is the creative writing and not evidence?

Isn't creative writing intentional or untrue, made up, created or a different version?

The answer to your question is "yes".  Both of these versions can't be correct and, who knows, there may be additional versions of the same thing out there somewhere.

This isn't a movie and states notes meaning more than one. did he have multiple matchbooks to write in. none of it makes sense.

What does make sense is the original statements made. Cooper gave a note to Flo and then instructed then from that point on. Tina stated somewhere in using a pay sheet to write on. Cooper requested all the notes to be returned to him and nothing about returning any matchbooks? the matchbooks would be in the cockpit.

According to all available information, Cooper only requested that the original hijack note, which he wrote, be returned to him.  There is nothing to suggest that Cooper was aware that Flo, who was in the cockpit, was writing down the information that Tina was passing to her over the inter-phone.