TeletypePittsburgh to Director and field offices re NORJAK suspect Richard A. Armstrong25 June 1980page 2 of 8
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Part 96, page 372

DB Cooper-43313Serials PG 164-93

Document date 25 June 1980

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ON JUNE 24, 1980, COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF COOPER WAS SHOWN [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED], WHO SAID ARMSTRONG RESEMBLED COOPER. [REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED THAT ARMSTRONG HAD LIVED AT BTC FOR TWO WEEKS AND THAT HE WAS EMPLOYED AT DU PONT, WASHINGTON, WV, BY EDENFIELD ELECTRIC COMPANY (EEC). ON JUNE 24, 1980, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED], EEC, WAS SHOWN COMPOSITE AND HE, TOO, STATED THAT ARMSTRONG RESEMBLED COOPER. ON JUNE 24, 1980, [REDACTED] ( PROTECT IDENTITY), [REDACTED], DU PONT, ADVISED HIS RECORDS INDICATE ARMSTRONG HAD BEEN OFF WORK SINCE MAY 19, 1980, BUT HAD APPARENTLY RETURNED TO EEC ON JUNE 23, 1980. REASONS FOR ARMSTRONG'S ABSENCE NOT INDICATED.

ON JUNE 24, 1980, ARMSTRONG WAS INTERVIEWED AT HIS HOUSE TRAILER AND IMMEDIATELY THE INTERVIEWING SA SAW A SIMILARITY BETWEEN COOPER AND ARMSTRONG WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCES BEING AGE AND HEIGHT. 1971 WITNESSES DESCRIBED COOPER AT 5'10" TO 6'0", WITH AGE IN MIDDLE FORTIES. ARMSTRONG IS 5'7", AND 43 YEARS OF AGE. IT WAS NOTED AT FIRST APPEARANCE THAT ARMSTRONG HAD A TATTOO ON HIS LEFT ARM WITH LETTERING "U.S. PARATROOPER". MOREOVER, ARMSTRONG INDICATED DURING THE INTERVIEW A KEEN INTEREST IN THE COOPER MATTER.

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