Interview re subject's whereabouts at Thanksgiving 1971 (Boston 164-153)
Interviewed 14 September 1972Dictated 20 September 1972Transcribed 25 September 1972
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 pp. 53–54 (DB Cooper-51521–51522), FD-302 interview, interviewed 14 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-4136 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-113%3A053-054
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 9/25/72
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Sub 469 Sub 50/ Sub 9
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RAYMOND SIDNEY RUSSELL also known as R. SID RUSSELL, was interviewed at his summer residence at Whitney Pond, Oxford, Maine. He was advised of the personal and official identities of the interviewing Agents. He was advised of the nature of the investigation being conducted. He was advised of his rights by Special Agent WILLIAM F. CRATE, JR. and waived them as shown on an executed Warning and Waiver Form. Thereafter, he furnished the following information:
He was advised that his name had come up regarding the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines jet in Washington State in November of 1971. He furnished the following information regarding his background and his activities so as to provide an alibi for his not being involved or a suspect in that hijack. He stated that he returned to Maine with his mother in the summer of 1971 and has not been back to the west coast since that time. Prior to his departure from the west coast he was working for the Yosemite Highlands Real Estate Development in Groveland, California, and his mother had stayed with him while he was there. He stated his previous airline and flying background included being an inspector in the final assembly section of [guess: boeing] aircraft in 1947 and 1948 and that he used to fly with the Flying Tiger Airlines out of Seattle, Washington until he quit in February, 1963. He also worked as an air traffic controler in Seattle, Washington for the Federal Aviation Administration and in this regard stated that his thoughts regarding the skyjacking was that there was a fan marker which gives out a light and audio signal which is 75 megacycles located near Woodburn, Washington and he speculated that the person who did this skyjacking could have used this fan marker as a point to parachute out of the hijacked aircraft. He added that he has never been in a Boeing 727 and has never had anything to do with that type aircraft. He denied ever being involved in the skyjacking.
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Sub 469 164 - 81 - 4136
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He added that on Thanksgiving eve of 1971 he drove
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Interviewed on 9/14/72 at Oxford, Maine File # Boston 164-153
SA and b6 by SA WILLIAM F. CRATE, JR. WFC:gms Date dictated 9/20/72 b7C
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DB COOPER-51521
BS 164-153
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a friend, [REDACTED], Maine to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] New Hampshire. This establishment is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and he felt quite certain that personnel at that establishment would recall him bringing [REDACTED] there on Thanksgiving Eve. He added that he spent Thanksgiving Day, 1971 with [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Maine. He again reiterated the fact that he was never on the west coast during the fall of 1971 and had nothing to do with the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines.
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The following description was obtained through observation and interview:
Race: White Sex: Male Height: 5'8" Weight: 160 Build: Slender Hair: Brown (Greying) Eyes: Grey Scar: Scar on left temple Military Service: United States Air Force 1942-1946 Honorable discharge Last Employment: Lakeland Homes Redwood City, California Marital Status: Divorced Date of Birth: February 21, 1923 Place of Birth: South Paris, Maine
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b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-51522
Serials: BS 164-153, SE 164-81-4136
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