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DB Cooper-55538Serials 164-2111, AT 164-254, DN 164-98, LA 164-497, LR 164-22, LV 164-60, MP 164-73, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-9633

Document date 2 August 1977

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 121 p. 45 (DB Cooper-55538), Teletype, dated 2 Aug 1977, serial SE 164-81-9633 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-121/pages/45

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MPO003 RR H[guess: Q] AT D[illegible]. LV LR LA SD SE DE MP R 022303Z AUG 77 FM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) ROUTINE ATLANTA (164-254) ROUTINE DENVER (164-98) ROUTINE LAS VEGAS (164-60) ROUTINE LITTLE ROCK (164-22) ROUTINE LOS ANGELES (164-497) ROUTINE SAN DIEGO (164-91) ROUTINE SEATTLE (164-81) ROUTINE BT

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CLEAR [guess: NOR]JAK; OO: SEATTLE

RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS DATED JULY 23, 1977, ET AL.

WILLIAM JOH[guess: N] RATACZAK REINTERVIEWED AUGUST 1, 1977. UNABLE TO RECALL EXACT WORDS USED BY DIRK SUMMERS. RECALLS SUMMERS TALKING ABOUT KNOWING WHO D.B. COOPER WAS AND THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL, NAME NOT STATED, HAD CRIMINAL HISTORY OR CRIMINAL [text continues, cut off at bottom of page]

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64-81-9633 SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED......FILED AUG 2 1977 DB COOPER-55538

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Commentary by the AI model that transcribed this page. It may bring in context the page itself does not state. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

FBI teletype header and routing information: message originated from Minneapolis field office (file 164-73) on August 2, 1977, addressed routine to FBI Director/Headquarters and multiple field offices (Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle), each with their own case file numbers. Body of the teletype: references a prior Bureau teletype to Minneapolis dated July 23, 1977. States that William John Rataczak was reinterviewed on August 1, 1977, and could not recall the exact words used by Dirk Summers, but recalled Summers discussing that he knew who D.B. Cooper was and that this unnamed individual had a criminal history. Text is cut off at the bottom of the page mid-sentence. Case file stamp showing file number 64-81-9633, an FBI records processing stamp with 'Searched/Indexed/Serialized/Filed' fields dated August 2, 1977, and a separate page identifier 'DB COOPER-55538' at the bottom of the page.

Teletype text shows typical dot-matrix/telex artifacts and some smudged or faint characters, particularly in the routing line and the word before 'OO: SEATTLE'.
Several rectangular redaction/withholding boxes are present (marked b6, b7C, b7D) covering unknown content, likely names or identifying details withheld per FOIA exemptions.
Bottom of page is cut off mid-sentence ('HAD CRIMINAL HISTORY OR CRIMINAL...'), indicating the text continues onto the next page.

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