TeletypeLA to Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle re suspect Russell and Alcoholics Anonymous9 September 1972page 3 of 4
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Part 113, page 285

DB Cooper-51855Serials LA 164-497

Document date 9 September 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 285 (DB Cooper-51855), Teletype, dated 9 Sep 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/285

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LA 164-497 PAGE THREE

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TO HIM RUSSELL LOOKED LIKE THE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE SEATTLE HIJACKER. HE STATED [redacted] [redacted], ALWAYS LIKES TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS AND HE HAD NOT GIVEN [redacted] REMARKS A THOUGHT. [redacted] OBSERVED THE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION AND STATED THE SHAPE OF THE HEAD APPEARED SIMILAR TO THAT OF RUSSELL. HOWEVER, THE HAIRLINE WAS MUCH DIFFERENT AND HE COULD SEE NO LIKENESS IN THE FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS.

[redacted] ADDED THAT [redacted] HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT RUSSELL HAD RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES.

HE DESCRIBED RUSSELL AS A WHITE MALE, FORTY EIGHT DASH FIFTY YEARS OLD, FIVE NINE DASH FIVE TEN, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, DARK COMPLEXION, THIN BUILD AND A HEAVY SMOKER OF CIGARETTES.

DESCRIBED RUSSELL AS A LONER WHO HAD TRAVELED AND WORKED IN CITIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. HE DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY CONTACT FROM RUSSELL AND STATED RUSSELL WOULD NEVER HAVE CONTACTED HIM IN NINETEEN SIXTY SEVEN HAD THEY NOT ACCIDENTLY MET IN A THEATER.

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