Interview of Northwest Orient stewardess re contacts in Minneapolis, 1976-77

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription July 25, 1977

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[REDACTED] stewardess, Northwest Orient Airlines, [REDACTED] furnished the following information:

She was contacted by a [REDACTED] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in November, 1976. [REDACTED] also contacted her in January, 1977, in San Diego, California. At this meeting in January, [REDACTED] asked her if she would consider [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he was making regarding the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines plane by D. B. COOPER in November, 1971. She stated she only discussed that part of the hijacking with [REDACTED] which had been published in the newspapers. She stated she has maintained a scrapbook concerning the hijacking and this is the scrapbook she used to show [REDACTED] She stated that if [REDACTED] wanted any additional information other than that which had been published, [REDACTED] should contact her attorney who is [REDACTED] of San Diego. [REDACTED] additionally told her that he was working with the FBI in Los Angeles on the hijacking. She stated that [REDACTED] also asked her in writing to [REDACTED] She believes she furnished this letter from [REDACTED] to her attorney [REDACTED] showed her some [REDACTED] which he wanted her to identify as D. B. COOPER. She stated she did not identify [REDACTED] as D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] were of very poor quality.

During this January meeting in San Diego, [REDACTED] was accompanied by two other white males, she does not recall their names, however she knows that neither of the other two men were named [REDACTED] She has never met a [REDACTED] before.

Concerning any incidents which occurred during the flight and which were not published, she stated she knew that the hijacker had ordered [REDACTED] but does not recall [REDACTED] advised she did not tell the hijacker that [REDACTED] She states she only knows that there is [REDACTED]

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Interviewed on 7/21/77 at San Diego, California File # SD 164-91 by SA [REDACTED] /kek 7/25/77 Date dictated

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164-81-7[illegible] DB Cooper-15887

SD 164-91 TDK:kek 2

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[REDACTED] stated that the hijacker at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Additionally, the hijacker did not make any overt or indicate gestures toward her or to any of the other stewardessed to the best of her knowledge. She stated that she was sitting down during the entire flight and that the only time she stood up was when a passenger got up to use the bathroom. This would have been the only time or opportunity that the hijacker would have had to [REDACTED] Additionally, she stated that. during the entire flight, [REDACTED] was in the cockpit maintaining a log of the events and that she was the only stewardess in the aft of the plane with the hijacker. [REDACTED] could not furnish any other additional information which occurred aboard the aircraft which had not been previously known. She again stated that she did not furnish [REDACTED] any confidential information or any information to anyone else not connected with the FBI. She stated she had furnished previously all information known to her to the FBI regarding the hijacking. [REDACTED] was cautioned by the interviewing agent that any information she has is crucial to the hijacking investigation and that it should not be made public.

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DB Cooper-15888