TeletypeSeattle to WFO, Minneapolis and Portland re suspect Ralph V. Galope7 December 19711 page
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Part 103, page 303

DB Cooper-46758Serials 164-31

Document date 7 December 1971

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NR004 SE PLAIN 3:29 AM URGENT 12/7/71 SWD TO WFC MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-31) 2P

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[guess: Serle] 163 [illegible handwritten routing notation] D. [illegible cursive signature] C(1)25(1)

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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE

RE WFO TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, DECEMBER SIX INSTANT. RE SUSPECT RALPH V. GALOPE FOR INFORMATION OF PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS, INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM [REDACTED] (PROTECT) THAT GALOPE RESEMBLES COMPOSITE AND [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] ALSO HAS USED ALIAS OF COOPER AND [REDACTED] CLAIMED PREVIOUS MILITARY DUTY WITH EIGHTY-SECOND AIRBORNE DIVISION. GALOPE DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FORTY-TWO YEARS OLD, BORN JULY SEVEN, NINETEEN TWENTYNINE, WASHINGTON, D.C., MEDIUM HEIGHT, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, THINNING BROWN HAIR, DEEP VOICE, ITALIAN EXTRACTION, HEAVY SMOKER AND DRINK[guess: ER] END OF PAGE ONE

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[handwritten numbers] 14 81 63 82 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ DEC 5 1974

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DB COOPER-46758