Interview of Boeing employee in Bellevue re NORJAK suspect's Thanksgiving 1971 visit
Interviewed 9 November 1973Transcribed 15 November 1973
Also filed at: Part 72 pp. 142–143
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 33 pp. 14–15 (DB Cooper-12113–12114), FD-302 interview, interviewed 9 Nov 1973, serial SE 164-81-5046 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-33%3A014-015
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 11/15/73
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[REDACTED] Bellevue, Washington, was contacted at [REDACTED] at the Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, and he advised as follows:
He recalls that [REDACTED] visited him over Thanksgiving holiday, 1971. He specifically recalled that they had Thanksgiving dinner at the Mannings Cafeteria in the University District, Seattle, Washington.
He stated that he did not specifically recall how [REDACTED] travelled to Bellevue, Washington, but he was of the opinion that he possibly drove his car since that is the way [REDACTED] generally comes to visit him. He recalled, however, that when he got home from work at approximately 5:00 PM on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving, 1971, [REDACTED] He explained that and when he visits in Bellevue, Washington, he generally [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
(It should be noted that Thanksgiving in 1971 was on November 25, and that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was November 24. It should further be noted that the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines plane was on the evening of 11/24/71).
He recalls that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is still in his possession. He stated that he did not recall the serial number [REDACTED] but that he will permit any law enforce- ment agency to examine it at any time. He has no information relative to where [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
He did not recall how many days [REDACTED] was in Seattle on that trip but that he recalled that he was possibly there several days. He does not know what [REDACTED] did during the day time since he, [REDACTED] was working and even during the evenings they would each go their own way. He stated, however, that he is certain [REDACTED] could not have been involved in the hijacking since he could not have been gone [REDACTED] without him knowing it.
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Interviewed on 11/9/73 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81 - 5046 SA [REDACTED] b6 SA [REDACTED] plw 11/14/73 b7C by
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 DB Cooper-12113
SE 164-S1
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[REDACTED] further stated that he recalls that [REDACTED] have discussed the hijacking of an airplane by the man generally referred to as "D. B. COOPER" and he recalls [REDACTED] commenting to the effect that some person would be happy if he found the money lying in the woods in a sack. He said [REDACTED] was aware of the hijacking from newspaper publicity which followed the hijacking. He said [REDACTED] never gave any indication at all that he had any knowledge of the hijacking from any source but the newspapers.
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He explained that [REDACTED] did not like airplanes and he explained that [REDACTED] would even take a bus to visit relatives in such distant places as Memphis, Tennessee, rather than to fly. He stated that in the Air Force, [REDACTED] was in the Finance Section and had no connection with flying. Further he has never known [REDACTED] to make a parachute jump or express an interest in parachutes.
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He stated he can not recall any person who might corroborate his recollection that [REDACTED] was in [REDACTED] on the evening of 11/24/71.
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b6 b7C
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2 DB Cooper-12114
Serials: SE 164-81-5046