Interview and signed statement of subject contacted at Bremerton Safeway, with background data
Interviewed 27 April 1972Dictated 3 May 1972Transcribed 3 May 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-59:293-296 Document: FD-302 interview and signed statement of subject contacted at Bremerton Safeway, with background data Id: Cooper-Part-59:293-296 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A293-296 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 59 pp. 293–296 (DB Cooper-24437–24440), FD-302 interview, interviewed 27 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-59%3A293-296
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 5/3/72
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[REDACTED] was contacted at the Safeway Store parking lot located at Wheaton Way and Sylvan Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, at approximately 6:00 p.m., on April 27, 1972, and invited down to the FBI Office in Bremerton, Washington, for interview. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] volunteered to accompany SAs [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] to the FBI Office in Bremerton, Washington, to be interviewed.
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At the outset of the interview, [REDACTED] executed a Voluntary Appearance and Waiver of Rights form. He then executed the following signed statement:
"April 27, 1972 "Bremerton, Wash.
"I [REDACTED] make the following volun- tary statement to [REDACTED] who have identified themselves to me as Special Agents of the FBI. Special Agent [REDACTED] [REDACTED] has warned me of my rights and I have waived them as shown on an executed warning and waiver form.
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"I [REDACTED] was born on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I reside at [REDACTED] Silverdale, Washington [REDACTED] I gradu- ated from high school and I have attended inter- mittently college.
"Upon observing photographs identified as #1 and #2 of an individual dressed in a sweater and tie, one wearing a wig and one without I wish to state this photograph is of me. The photo with me wearing the wig was taken on Pacific Ave in Bremerton, Washington in front of the wig shop. I don't recall where the other photograph of me #2 was taken but it must of have been taken about the same as I am dressed in the same clothes. The indivi- dual wearing the black and white had identified
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Interviewed on 4/27/72 at Bremerton, Washington File # SE-164n81
by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] CSS/rlg Date dictated 5/3/72 - 154 -
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.
DB Cooper-24437
2
SE 164-81
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as photograph #3 I wish to state is not me and I don't know who he is. Upon observing photograph #4 I recognize this as a photo of [REDACTED] who was present along with his father [REDACTED] when the photo with the wig was taken. I never met the other party responsible for this photograph being taken, the unknown woman, talking to [REDACTED] in either the Melody Lane or the Attic Lounge discussing a woman who as I understood received a large sum of money either from an estate or a settlement or both who was interested in investing it in [REDACTED] My understanding was this woman either [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Seattle on the waterfront or [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that she expected to be romanced along with the investment. [REDACTED] spent quite awhile discussing this and I stated well who was going to look at me romantically and then it got to be more or less a joke and then we walked up the street to Pacific Avenue and went into a wig shop as we had mentioned some- thing about that I could always wear a wig. So we borrowed a wig from the clerk in the store under the guise we were going to buy the wig and then I put the wig on and [REDACTED] took my photograph with a polaroid camera. [REDACTED] showed me this photograph but I did not receive a copy of it as he and [REDACTED] were going to give it to the woman. I don't recall when photograph #2 was taken but it must have been about the same time as I was wearing the same clothes. After the photograph was taken the wig was returned to the wig shop. I decided against [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] showing this photo to the woman so they did not.
"The glasses I was wearing in this photograph as I recalled I received from [REDACTED]
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b6 b7C
3 SE 164-81
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"Photograph #3 as far as I am concerned is not me and I don't know who it is.
"I never met [REDACTED] b6 at the Swept Wing Motel at Sea-Tac Airport or b7C at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle or anywhere else. I do not know a [REDACTED] or a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] from Los Angeles, California, and never met them to my knowledge.
"I never received any money from [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] or any of these men in connection with the b7C photos identified as #1 and #2 taken of me.
"I have read the above 3 page statement and it is true to the best of my recollection. I have initialed all corrections and pages.
"/s/ [REDACTED]" b6 b7C "Witnessed by "/s/ [REDACTED] Special Agent FBI 4-27-72 "/s/ [REDACTED] SA, FBI, 4/27/72"
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The following physical description and back- ground information concerning [REDACTED] was ob- b6 tained by observation and interview: b7C
Name [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male Date of Birth Place of Birth [REDACTED] Height 5' 10" Weight 155 - 165 Eyes Blue Complexion Fair Build Medium Education Graduated from high school, New York City, attended Long Beach Junior College, Long Beach, California, and New York University intermittently
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4 SE 164-81
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Residence [REDACTED] Bremerton, Washington Marital Status Married to [REDACTED] and has children [REDACTED] years of age Former wife [REDACTED] (phonetic) resides New Orleans, Louisiana; by whom he has a son [REDACTED] and a son [REDACTED] and a daughter [REDACTED] Former Wife [REDACTED] residence Riverdale, New Jersey by whom he has a son [REDACTED] and a daughter [REDACTED] Brother [REDACTED], residing in Red Bank, New Jersey Occupation [REDACTED] Silverdale, Washington Formerly employed as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] States he worked out of [REDACTED] Characteristics [REDACTED] Tattoos [REDACTED] Arrest Record [REDACTED] Judge BRYAN, according to [REDACTED] Remarks Lights his cigarettes right handed and signed his signature left handed.
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DB Cooper-24440
Serials: SE 164-81