Document date 1 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 240 (DB Cooper-45192), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-292 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/240
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR013 SE PLAIN
2:16PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB
TO ST. LOUIS
SAN ANTONIO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 2P
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UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACK-
ING; EXTORTION. OO: SE BUFILE ONE SIX FOUR - TWO ONE ONE ONE.
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RE: RICHARD R. RUTHEL - SUSPECT
RE INDIANAPOLIS TELETYPE TO SEATTLE DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
ON NOV. THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED] AD-
VISED ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB ALONG WITH COPY OF LETTER AND EN-
VELOPE APPEARING IN INDIANAPOLIS NEWSPAPER EXCELLENT LIKENESS TO
RICHARD R. RUTHEL, WHO SERVED IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED]; WASHING-
TON DURING [REDACTED]. RUTHER POSSESSED FAA INSTRUCTORS LICENSE