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Part 103, page 300 DB Cooper-46755 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81 , WF 164-169
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D-38 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/6/71
Transmit the following in ____PLAINTEXT____
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via ___TELETYPE___ ___URGENT___
(Priority)
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Sub 163
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010
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TO: DIRECTOR (164-2111) AND SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, WFO (164-169)
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO
SEATTLE.
RE SUSPECT RALPH V. GALOPE:
ON DECEMBER SIX, INSTANT, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDEN-
TITY), WASHINGTON, D.C., ADVISED THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT GALOPE
BEARS A GOOD RESEMBLANCE TO COMPOSITE OF UNKNOWN SUBJECT IN
CAPTIONED MATTER [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AT THAT TIME, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
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b6
b7C
b7D
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CWH:sjd
Approved: ___________
Special Agent in Charge
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164-81-[illegible]
SEARCHED ___INDEXED___
SERIALIZED___ FILED___
DEC 5 1974
FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-46755
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Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-38), dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority.
Handwritten sub-file notation.
Handwritten page or priority number below the priority line.
Urgent teletype from SAC Washington Field Office to FBI Director and SAC Seattle regarding suspect Ralph V. Galope in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source (identity protected) in Washington, D.C. advised on December 6 that Galope bears a good resemblance to the composite sketch of the unknown subject. Substantial portions redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions.
FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6), source identity (b7C), and confidential source (b7D).
Drafter initials (CWH:sjd) and approval line for Special Agent in Charge.
FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on December 5, 1974, under case file 164-81.
FBI Vault Bates number stamp for the D.B. Cooper FOIA release.
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