Interview of Northwest Orient Airlines employee re suspicious reward call
Interviewed 13 December 1974Dictated 17 December 1974Transcribed 20 December 1974
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-61:115-116 Document: FD-302 interview of Northwest Orient Airlines employee re suspicious reward call Id: Cooper-Part-61:115-116 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A115-116 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 61 pp. 115–116 (DB Cooper-25281–25282), FD-302 interview, interviewed 13 Dec 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A115-116
FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 12/20/74
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[REDACTED] Los Angeles, California, telephone number [REDACTED] was interviewed at her employment, Northwest Orient Airlines, 3400 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, telephone number [REDACTED] The Agents identified themselves and explained the purpose of the interview.
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[REDACTED] who is a [REDACTED] received a telephone call from an unknown male at approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 13, 1974. The call came in over a published Los Angeles area [REDACTED] but [REDACTED] was unable to identify the specific line. She explained that for easier communications, she has adopted the identity of [REDACTED] and always answers the phone using that name.
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The caller was described as a white male, approxi- mately 45 to 50 years of age. He had a rather deep voice and spoke in a calm manner. [REDACTED] detected no accent and heard no background noises. The same person made all three calls. [REDACTED] could not recall having ever spoken with this person before.
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At 11:30 a.m. [REDACTED] routinely answered, "Northwest Orient, this is [REDACTED] The caller then stated something to the effect, "I understand you had a hijacking on November 24, 1971". To the best of [REDACTED] recollection, the remainder of the conversation went like this:
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[REDACTED] Yes.
Caller: I understand the FBI has been unsuccessful in apprehending the man.
[REDACTED] Yes.
Caller: Is there a reward offered?
[REDACTED] Just a minute.
Caller: Don't put me on hold so you can trace the call.
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Interviewed on 12/13/74 at Los Angeles, California File # Los Angeles 164-497-A3 SA's [REDACTED] and by [REDACTED] /JET/jah Date dictated 12/17/74
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DB Cooper-25281
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[REDACTED] Don't be ridiculous, I'm not going to trace the call. What hijacking are you talking about?
Caller: The plane was going from Seattle to Portland, but went down in Reno.
[REDACTED] Oh, I remember.
Caller: Get the information about the reward and I'll call back at 1:00 p.m. What's your name?
[REDACTED]
Caller: I'll call back at precisely 1:00 p.m.
At approximately 1:00 p.m., a second call was received. This call came over telephone line [REDACTED] or [REDACTED] (they are on a rotor system and calls are auto- matically switched to [REDACTED] when [REDACTED] is in use). The caller asked for [REDACTED] When [REDACTED] answered, she immediately recognized the caller as being the person she previously spoke with. This conversation went as follows:
Caller: Hello. Did you get that information yet?
[REDACTED] No. The Minneapolis Office is supposed to call back. I'm expecting the call any minute now.
Caller: What did you say?
[REDACTED] I called our Minneapolis Office about the reward and am expecting them to call back. Could I call you?
Caller: No, I'll call you back. (He then hung up.)
Approximately 2:30 p.m., a third call was received. This call also came over line [REDACTED] and the caller again asked for [REDACTED] (This call was recorded and the transcription is as follows):
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DB Cooper-25282
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Serials: LA 164-497