Part 100, page 242

DB Cooper-45194Serials IP 164-62, SE 164-81-391

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 100 p. 242 (DB Cooper-45194), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-391 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-100/pages/242

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NR002 IP PLAIN 11:40AM URGENT 12/1/71 OJS TO SEATTLE FROM INDIANAPOLIS 164-62 2P

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; OO: SEATTLE

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REMY TEL NOV. THIRTY LAST. ON NOV. THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D], ADVISED ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB ALONG WITH COPY OF LETTER AND ENVELOPE APPEARING IN INDIANAPOLIS NEWSPAPER EXCELLENT LIKENESS TO RICHARD R. RUTHEL, WHO SERVED IN U. S. AIR FORCE [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] ADVISED WASHINGTON DURING [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D]. RUTHEL POSSESSED FAA INSTRUCTORS LICENSE [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D] STATED [REDACTED - b6/b7C/b7D], WHICH SHOWS RUTHEL'S INSTRUCTIORS LICENSE NO. AS C F ONE ONE FIVE NINE FIVE THREE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE LETTER R IN RUTHEL'S SIGNATURE AND THE R END PAGE ONE

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Sub. 73 164-81-391 SEARCHED [illegible] INDEXED [illegible] SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] DEC [0?] 1971 FBI - SEATTLE [illegible handwritten number, possibly 1240 or 1260]

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DB COOPER-45194

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Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 11:40AM on December 1, 1971 from Indianapolis field office to Seattle. File number 164-62, 2 pages. Case subject line identifying the matter as the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 727 out of Portland, Oregon on November 24 (1971). OO (office of origin) is Seattle. CAA refers to the criminal statute. A source (identity redacted) reported on November 30, 1971 that an artist's conception of the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) published in an Indianapolis newspaper bore an excellent likeness to RICHARD R. RUTHEL, a U.S. Air Force veteran. Ruthel held an FAA instructor's license, number CF115953. The reporting party noted a similarity in the letter 'R' in Ruthel's signature. Message is page one of a multi-page teletype; body is cut off. FBI Seattle processing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in December 1971. Handwritten sub-file number 73 and case reference 164-81-391. FBI Vault document identifier for the D.B. Cooper case file collection, page 45194.

Typed teletype document, clearly legible
Multiple redacted blocks present (b6, b7C, b7D FOIA exemptions)
Text truncates at 'END PAGE ONE' indicating multi-page teletype
Bottom-right stamp partially legible

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