TeletypeDenver to Seattle, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and San Francisco re NORJAK suspect Raymond Sidney Russell, leads set out8 September 1972page 3 of 4
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Part 113, page 289

DB Cooper-51859

Document date 8 September 1972

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RUSSELL LEFT SEATTLE SUDDENLY ABOUT TIME OF HIJACKING.

IT IS BELIEVED RUSSELL ALSO VISITED HOME OF [REDACTED] IN LOS ANGELES VICINITY JUST PRIOR TO OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIJACKING. [REDACTED] IS ALSO FORMER [REDACTED], NOW EMPLOYED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WITH CONTINENTAL AIRLINES IN LOS ANGEL[E]S. BOTH [REDACTED] SHOULD HAVE MORE CURRENT INFORMATION RE RUSSELL'S WHEREABOUTS AND ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE TIME OF HIJACKING.

[REDACTED] SAID RUSSELL'S CLOSEST FRIEND IS [REDACTED] BELIEVED TO LIVE SAN FRANCISCO, AND PRESENTLY EMPLOYED [REDACTED] WITH FLYING TIGER AIRLINES. [REDACTED] THINKS [REDACTED] OF RUSSELL AND COULD EVEN HAVE ASSISTED HIM IN HIJACKING.

WHILE WITH THE FLYING TIGER AIRLINES, RUSSELL WAS BASED AT DENVER, SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO. [REDACTED] DESCRIBED RUSSELL AS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, SLENDER BUILD, BLACK HAIR, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, APPROXIMATELY FORTY EIGHT YEARS OLD. HE SAID RUSSELL IS ADVENTUROUS, WELL EDUCATED AND EXTREMELY COOL. FROM DETAILS HE HAS HEARD OF HIJACKING, HE IS EVEN MORE CONVINCED RUSSELL COULD HAVE COMMITTED THIS CRIME.

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