Part 120, page 136
DB Cooper-55140Serials HO 164-118, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-10553, SE 164-81-7042
Document date 13 July 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 136 (DB Cooper-55140), Memo, dated 13 Jul 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/136
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE: 7/13/76
FROM : SAC, HOUSTON (164-118) (RUC)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
OO: SEATTLE
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Sub. 830 [illegible handwritten annotation, possibly "SAC MR-RUSSELL E. CARDWELL"] 164-81-10553 [illegible trailing characters]
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Enclosed for Seattle are four poses of Mr. RUSSELL E. CARDWELL and one copy of National Inquirer look-alike picture. It should be noted these photographs were not sent earlier as they were just obtained from the La Porte, Texas Police Department.
On 6/10/76, officers, La Porte, Texas Police Department, received information concerning a look-alike with the artist conception of subject displayed in the National Inquirer dated 11/25/75.
On 6/10/76, a RUSSELL E. CARDWELL was interviewed at the Harris County Precinct 2 Ferry Office on the Houston Ship Channel and advised that during the instant hijacking, he was working up in the Washington or Oregon area but he could not recollect exactly where. CARDWELL advised that as best he could remember, he was either just going on an intracoastal ship or had just come off of one and remembers reading about the case in the papers and could not figure out how anyone could get away with something like that.
CARDWELL was extremely cooperative and volunteered to take a lie detector test and to be photographed for elimination purposes concerning his similarity to the artist conception described above. The following description was obtained through observation and interview:
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Name RUSSELL E. CARDWELL Race White Sex Male Date of birth March 29, 1938 Place of birth Seattle, Washington Height 5'5" [handwritten, circled] Weight 135-140 pounds
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2 - Seattle (Encl. 5) 1 - Houston
WWW/skd (3)
[handwritten, illegible: possibly "ELIMINATE"]
164-81-7042 [handwritten] Sub 830 [handwritten]
SEARCHED ______ INDEXED ______ SERIALIZED ______ FILED ______ JUL 16 1976 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-55140