Interview of volunteer at Sarasota RA re NORJAK, with background and physical description
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 35 pp. 80–83 (DB Cooper-13473–13476), FD-302 interview, interviewed 1 May 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-35%3A080-083
SU-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FBI AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 5/5/75
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[redacted] Sarasota, Florida, telephone number [redacted] voluntarily appeared at the Sarasota Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sarasota, Florida, and furnished the following information:
[redacted] had resided at [redacted] Sarasota, to until three [guess: years] ago when he moved into his newly purchased residence noted above. He has been employed since [redacted] by the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Building, Sarasota.
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[redacted] who was born [redacted] [redacted] had graduated from [redacted] Oak Park, Illinois, during [redacted] From [redacted] he had served in the United States Army. During the winter quarter of [redacted] he had enrolled at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and had attended that school until he graduated during December, [redacted] During [redacted] he joined the Seattle Police Department with whom he had served until [redacted] at which time he was called back to active duty with the United States Army, Military Police Corps. He had served on active duty until [redacted] at which time he returned to the Seattle Police Department. During [redacted] he had taken a leave of absence from the Seattle Police Department for [redacted]
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[redacted] and he had returned to the Seattle Police Department. He had continued his employment with the Seattle Police Department until March, [redacted] when he had resigned and entered on active duty in the United States Army as a [redacted] [redacted] He had served with the United States Army until he was released to inactive duty as a reserve officer during June, [redacted] He had been a [redacted] at the time of his release to
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Interviewed on 5/1/75 [at] Sarasota, Fla. File# TAMPA 164-110 - [illegible]
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[Stamp box:] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [redacted] FILED [redacted] MAY 1 5 1975 FBI -- SEATTLE
Date dictated _______________
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency.
DB Cooper-13473
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TP 164-110
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inactive duty. Subsequently, he served for one year as the [REDACTED] at the Candle General Hospital, having been employed by the United Security Agency at Savannah, Georgia. He had also sold life insurance for a short period of time prior to entering employment with the Internal Revenue Service at Sarasota, Florida.
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Specifically, on or about November 24, 1971 [REDACTED] had been serving on active duty in the capacity of [REDACTED] Fort Stewart, Georgia. He had served in this capacity from [REDACTED] when he was released to inactive duty status. He recalled that on Thanksgiving Day, 1971 he had been at Fort Stewart, noting that he had not visited [REDACTED].
His presence at Fort Stewart could be proven by the various daily reports which he would have signed in his capacity as [REDACTED]. He estimated that he probably signed 90 percent of the required papers of this organization, the [REDACTED] Fort Stewart, inasmuch as the [REDACTED] is normally only a figurehead. He recalled that the various documents associated with the daily operation of the [REDACTED] were only maintained one year, and then they were placed in dead storage at an unknown location. Specifically, he had not been in the northwest section of the United States, including Portland, Oregon, or Seattle, Washington, on or about November 24, 1971.
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[REDACTED] considered himself to be a skilled parachutist possessing [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] and had made 55 parachute jumps, all in the military service. He had made his last parachute jump during [REDACTED] while on reserve status. From the early part of [REDACTED] until [REDACTED] he had been a member of the [REDACTED] an active reserve group of the United States Army, which met either weekly or monthly at Fort Lawton, Washington. The group in Seattle consisted of approximately 16 members who were mostly older persons then in their late 30's or early 40's. The entire reserve group consisted of approximately 100 members from various cities on the West Coast. He has not flown too much over the Portland-Seattle area, noting that his last qualification jumps had been made in Georgia and Utah. The only time he has flown over Portland was approximately three times during [REDACTED] en route to and from training missions in the
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State of California. Furthermore, he has not been in either the States of Washington or Oregon since he left there during [REDACTED]. The closest he has come to this northeast region would have been during [REDACTED] when he was assigned to the United States Army at San Francisco, California.
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[REDACTED] indicated that the only possible foreign extraction in his family tree would be [REDACTED]. He considered himself to be an "unpracticing" Catholic. He claimed that he hardly drinks anything alcoholic and believes himself to be very moderate in his drinking habits. Normally if he imbibes, it would be bourbon and 7-Up or Ginger Ale or some other sweet mix. For the past 20 years he has smoked Lucky Strike cigarettes and does not smoke anything with a filter tip. He indicated that he peels off the filters [REDACTED] L & M cigarettes prior to smoking these. He has never smoked Raleigh cigarettes.
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During the period from [REDACTED] noting that during August, [REDACTED] they had paid cash for a Ford LTD which they still drive. During [REDACTED] he had had no particular personal problems, noting [REDACTED] had served in Vietnam and had returned to this country alive. He is still a member of the inactive reserve and is scheduled to return to Fort Stewart to serve on active duty for two weeks during [REDACTED].
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[REDACTED] specifically pointed out that he had never left Fort Stewart, Georgia, on or about November 24, 1971 or the immediate Thanksgiving holiday. If he had so left, the records of Fort Stewart would so show this departure inasmuch as it was the policy for the officers to be required to sign in and out at the time.
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The following description was obtained through observation and interrogation:
Name [REDACTED] Sex Male Race White Age 50 Born [REDACTED]
Height 5 feet 11½ to 5 feet 11 3/4
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TP 164-110
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Weight 180 Build Medium Hair Medium brown, greying, combed straight back, parted on left side; [REDACTED] claimed prior to his release from active duty during [REDACTED] his hair had always been worn in typical military short crew cut style, and he has series of photos which might prove this feature. Eyes Blue, does not wear glasses Complexion Ruddy Military service numbers Security clearance
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Serials: TP 164-110