Portland investigative insert re interview of William Francis Deems at Winston, Oregon (164-81-4926)
Document date 17 July 1973
Also filed at: Part 95 p. 349 · Part 115 p. 300
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Id: Cooper-Part-32:234-234
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-32:234-234 Document: Portland investigative insert re interview of William Francis Deems at Winston, Oregon (164-81-4926) Id: Cooper-Part-32:234-234 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-32%3A234-234 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 32 p. 234 (DB Cooper-11845), Report, dated 17 Jul 1973, serial SE 164-81-4926 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-32%3A234-234
PD 164-41 AJR:leh 1
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Sub 598
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
AT WINSTON, OREGON:
On July 17, 1973, WILLIAM FRANCIS DEEMS, Route 3, Box 4035, Roseburg, Oregon, was interviewed at his place of employment, The World Wildlife Safari, Winston. He has been employed at World Wildlife Safari since June 21, 1973. Prior to that time, he was employed as a salesman by Montgomery Wards in Roseburg. Until December 9, 1971, he was employed by Executive Air Lines at Sarasota, Florida as a pilot. He was also at one time a pilot instructor for United Air Lines teaching students to fly DC 9s. He left Sarasota and moved to Coram, Montana, did not like the climate, and moved to Roseburg. In addition to his current employment, [REDACTED]
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DEEMS denied being involved in any way with a hijacking and stated that if he were to hijack a plane, he would have everyone leave the plane including the crew and fly the aircraft himself as he has sufficient knowledge to avoid being tracked by radar.
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The following description of DEEMS was obtained through observation and interview:
Sex Male Race White Nationality American Date of Birth May 1, 1916 Place of Birth Easton, Maine Height 5'9" Weight 174 Hair Brown Eyes Green
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164-81-4926 ax at-
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DB Cooper-11845
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b6 b7C b6 b7C
Serials: PD 164-41, SE 164-81-4926