Document date 13 September 1972AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 277 (DB Cooper-51847), Teletype, dated 13 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3896 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/277
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SF 164-220
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HAS BEEN SENDING A MONTHLY COMMISSION CHECK TO THAT ADDRESS,
THE LAST CHECK BEING IN AUGUST, LAST. SHADOWENS BELIEVES IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT RUSSELL MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED THE HIJACKING, AS
HE HAS THE PERSONALITY TO DO IT. RUSSELL IS A LIKEABLE,
CHARMING PERSON, WHO IS VERY IMAGINATIVE AND INVENTIVE. HE
HAS NEVER HEARD RUSSELL MENTION PARACHUTING, BUT HE WOULD BE
QUICK TO TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP. SHADOWENS STATED RUSSELL
MIGHT COME UP THE THE IDEA OF HIJACKING A SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN
AND PARACHUTING OUT; HOWEVER, HE CANNOT IMAGINE HIM ACTUALLY
DOING IT, AND CANNOT IMAGINE RUSSELL PULLING A GUN OR THREATENING
ANYONE. HE STATED THE COOPER COMPOSITE FITS RUSSELL FAIRLY WELL.
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HE SUGGESTED THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] SOUTH HAMILTON, MASSACHUSETTS, TELEPHONE NUMBER
[REDACTED], IS
IN CONTACT WITH RUSSELL, AND SAW HIM IN MASSACHUSETTS DURING
THE WINTER OF NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE.
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BOSTON, AT NORWAY, MAINE: INTERVIEW SUSPECT AND DETERMINE
HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR AND TWENTY-FIVE, NINE-
TEEN SEVENTY ONE. CONDUCT LOGICAL INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF
RUSSELL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.
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