AirtelRe fugitive ITSMV subject considered as Cooper suspect, with leads to Minneapolis, Sacramento and Omaha16 April 1974page 1 of 3
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Part 34, page 174

DB Cooper-12795Serials SE 164-81

Document date 16 April 1974

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 4/16/74

Transmit the following in ________ (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL Via ________ (Priority)

TO: SAC, [REDACTED] FROM: SAC, [REDACTED] (P) SUBJECT: [REDACTED] aka - X FUGITIVE: [REDACTED] ITSMV

OO: [REDACTED] BUFILE: [REDACTED]

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Re Omaha report of SA [REDACTED] dated 2/15/74; and Omaha letters to Sacramento, dated 3/26/74 and 3/29/74.

Enclosed for Sacramento are six copies of Omaha investigative insert at Lincoln, Nebraska.

On 4/12/74 [REDACTED] Minnetonka, Minnesota, personally contacted the North Platte, Nebraska, Resident Agency. They advised that RUSSELL WALTER FINKLER had been missing from their jurisdiction since 11/[REDACTED]/73 and that on 3/31/74 his body was found near Minnetonka. They further advised that the vehicle that subject [REDACTED] stole was stolen less than two miles from where FINKLER's body was recovered and where his abandoned car was found. They further advised that the stolen Minnesota license plates found in the [REDACTED] stolen car were stolen less than two miles from the FINKLER body.

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3 - Minneapolis (1) - Seattle (164-81) (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Indianapolis (Info) 1 - Knoxville (Info) 1 - [REDACTED] (Info) 1 - Phoenix (Info) 2 - [REDACTED] (Enc. 6) 3 - [REDACTED] (Info)

TBM:bor Approved: (17) Special Agent in charge Sent ________ M

SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ APR 1 9 1974 FBI - SEATTLE

U.S.Government Printing Office: 1.72 - 455 374 DB Cooper-12795

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