Interview of Cranbury, New Jersey witness re legal defense fund discussions

FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1. Date of transcription 11/21/72

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[REDACTED], Cranbury, New Jersey, was telephonically contacted at Cranbury, New Jersey through his New York City telephone number, [REDACTED], advised that he is a [REDACTED] and now works out of his home in Cranbury, New Jersey. He declined to give his home address but he can be reached by mail or by a telephone call through New York City number [REDACTED]. He advised that he is willing to testify in court concerning his knowledge of [REDACTED] and the circum- stances surrounding the [REDACTED] incident. He advised that he is leaving New Jersey on the morning of November 22, 1972, for the Thanksgiving holidays and will not return to New Jersey until the first part of December, 1972. The following people will know where he is during such period:

[REDACTED] Cumberland, Rhode Island Telephone Number: [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] (his brother) Ledyard, Connecticut Telephone Number: [REDACTED]

During March of 1972, he was contacted by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] attorney, who he knows as [REDACTED] and who is an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, [REDACTED] told him that he had heard of a sensational crime story that he thought [REDACTED] may want to handle. [REDACTED] told him that he would not handle it if it was a political crime or a vicious crime. Arrangements were made and [REDACTED] on March 22, 1972, flew to Los Angeles, California where he was met at the airport by [REDACTED]. They went to [REDACTED] father- in-law's home in Beverly Hills, California, where he read the [REDACTED] concerning the hijacking. He flew to San Francisco, California the next day to visit friends and then flew back to New York City on March 25, 1972.

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ NOV 27 1972 FBI - LOS ANGELES

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11/20/72 New York, New York Interviewed on _____________ at _____________

SA [REDACTED] :blk 11/21/72 by ________________________________ Date dictated ____________

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DB Cooper-24771

NY 164-627

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On approximately April 1, 1972, he talked to [REDACTED] by telephone. [REDACTED] was in California and [REDACTED] was in the New York City area. He told [REDACTED] that he would consider being [REDACTED] for having the [REDACTED] and that his [REDACTED] He never became [REDACTED] suggested that he [REDACTED] would set up a legal defense fund for the [REDACTED] from the [REDACTED] and such fund would be set up only if the [REDACTED] would turn himself in to the proper authorities. This was not intended to be a trust fund but only a legal defense fund for the [REDACTED] defense in court.

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On April 13, 1972, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, [REDACTED] met with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] these other men represented [REDACTED] They were discussing [REDACTED] [REDACTED] did not want to [REDACTED] unless there was evidence that [REDACTED] No agreement was reached at such meeting and [REDACTED] showed no further interest in [REDACTED]

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On April 15, 1972, [REDACTED] turned over the information on the [REDACTED] to the United States Justice Department, Washington, D. C. [REDACTED] advised that he has a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] from the University of Pittsburgh in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He has been a [REDACTED] for eight and one-half years.

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DB Cooper-24772