Interview of suspect Harold Henry Edinger re Cooper hijacking
Interviewed 29 March 1973Dictated 2 April 1973Transcribed 5 April 1973
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Id: Cooper-Part-116:112-113
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-116:112-113 Document: FD-302 interview of suspect Harold Henry Edinger re Cooper hijacking Id: Cooper-Part-116:112-113 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A112-113 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 116 pp. 112–113 (DB Cooper-53087–53088), FD-302 interview, interviewed 29 Mar 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-116%3A112-113
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription: 4/5/73
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HAROLD HENRY EDINGER was advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents as Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was advised by SA SHEFFIELD of his rights and that it was desired he be interviewed regarding the hijacking of an aircraft. He signed the waiver of rights form and furnished the following information:
He was employed as a construction worker in the capacity of a surveyor and in the capacity of a heavy equipment operator from about 1964 to May 1972 by Burns and Dutton Construction Company, 5720 Third Street, S.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Since May 1972 he has been unemployed.
EDINGER advised between 1964 and May 1972 he was living at [REDACTED] with [REDACTED] who is still residing at that address.
His working hours at the above construction company were about 8:00 AM to 4:30 or 5:00 PM. His best recollection is that he did not have any days off during the month of November 1971. He did not leave the country of Canada during 1971. During 1970 he did take a vacation to Yellowstone Park in the United States.
He stated he has no knowledge of any plane being hijacked in November 1971 and he was not involved in any such hijacking at that time or at any time. He resided in Austria from 1946 to 1951 and has resided in Canada from 1951 until the present time. He served in the German Air Force from October to December 1941 as a radio operator in the Signal Corps but was never in a German military plane and he never parachuted from any military or civilian plane. He has never received any training in flying as a pilot or navigator or in any capacity.
EDINGER stated he was a prisoner of war at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from about January 1942 until 1946.
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Interviewed on 3/29/73 at Provo, Utah File # SU-164-81 SAALVA EARL LOMINACK and SA LOFTIS J. SHEFFIELD / LJS:cj Date dictated: 4/2/73
SUB-L38
DB COOPER-53087
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b6 b7C
SU 164-24
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He plans to return to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in about two weeks.
The following descriptive and background data were obtained through observation and interview:
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Name HAROLD HENRY EDINGER Race White Sex Male Home Address [REDACTED] Calgary, Alberta, Canada b6 b7C Age 49 Date of Birth June 27, 1923 Place of Birth Viena, Austria Height 5' 9" Weight 165 Hair Brown, balding Eyes Hazel Complexion Medium, ruddy Characteristics Speaks with a German accent; upper front teeth missing except for six center teeth Father HUGO EDINGER (Deceased - killed in 1945 for not cooperating with the Nazis) Mother IDA WICHMAN (Deceased) Ex-Wife [REDACTED] (divorced) Toronto, Canada Children None Sister [REDACTED]
Brothers None Arrest Record Arrested February 14, 1973 by Provo, Utah, Police - Petit Larceny ($2.00 worth of groceries from Safeway store), 50 days in jail.
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DB COOPER-53088
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b6 b7C
Serials: SU 164-24
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