Interview at Alabama International Speedway, Talladega, of Decatur, Georgia subject
Interviewed 9 August 1975Dictated 12 August 1975Transcribed 12 August 1975
Part of: Interview of suspect at Alabama International Speedway, Talladega (BH 164-35)
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Id: Cooper-Part-72:189-190
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:189-190 Document: FD-302 interview at Alabama International Speedway, Talladega, of Decatur, Georgia subject Id: Cooper-Part-72:189-190 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A189-190 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 72 pp. 189–190 (DB Cooper-31054–31055), FD-302 interview, interviewed 9 Aug 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A189-190
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 8/12/75
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[REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED], [REDACTED] Decatur, Georgia, was located for interview at the Alabama International Speedway, Talladega, Alabama. At the outset [REDACTED] was advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and told that the proposed interview concerned statements attributed to [REDACTED] concerning [REDACTED] knowledge of the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines Flight No. 350 at Portland, Oregon, on November 24, 1971.
[REDACTED] stated that he was at the Alabama International Speedway at this time for the purpose of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] appeared extremely nervous and after hearing the details of those statements attributed to [REDACTED] while he was in Mansfield, Ohio, [REDACTED] volunteered that he would just tell [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] explained that he recalled sharing a room in Mansfield, Ohio, with an Akron, Ohio police officer, whose name [REDACTED] was unable to recall. [REDACTED] further explained that he was in Mansfield, Ohio, [REDACTED] the races held there during the latter part of May or first of June of 1975, and at the race track had met this individual. During conversation this individual mentioned that he was unable to locate a motel room and [REDACTED] had voluntarily offered to share his room.
Following that day's race, [REDACTED] went out for a few drinks and upon returning to [REDACTED] room [REDACTED] found this police officer watching television. [REDACTED] stated that a discussion insued between he and this individual concerning several topics, two of which
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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [REDACTED] ED [REDACTED] AUG 21 1975 FBI — SEATTLE
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Interviewed on 8/9/75 at Talladega, Alabama File # BH 164-[REDACTED] 164-81- [guess: 6052] by SA LARRY K. SYLVESTER [REDACTED] Date dictated 8/12/75
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-31054
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BH 164-35
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[REDACTED] stated that he was unable to recall exactly what had triggered the conversation [REDACTED] unless it had been something on the television.
[REDACTED] related that while he recalled talking about how the individual involved in the hijacking of the airplane would have needed a background in parachuting and aeronautical engineering [REDACTED] emphatically denied that he ever mentioned the name [REDACTED] stated that he did serve in the special forces with a (First Name Unknown) [REDACTED] was not particularly close with this individual and had not had any contact with this [REDACTED] since having been released from service. [REDACTED] stated that also this was the first time he had ever heard the name of [REDACTED] stated that he did not know the name used by the individual hijacking airlines when he registered for the flight.
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Further [REDACTED] stated that he never said anything during this conversation at Mansfield, Ohio about anyone contacting him [REDACTED] to assist in any type of job. [REDACTED] stated he vaguely recalled that during the conversation [REDACTED] discussed with the party sharing his room several ideas [REDACTED] had for a novel and one of these ideas included the use of special forces in the overthrow of a country. [REDACTED] admitted that during this conversation he might have stated that a special forces trained man could have committed the sky jacking and probably bragged about the fast training which includes parachute training that special forces troups receive in the U. S. Army.
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[REDACTED] again emphatically denied having ever been contacted by anyone by the name [REDACTED] since [REDACTED] had been released from the service and stated that he has no reason to suspect [REDACTED] or anyone else in this hijacking of the Northwest Airlines plane. [REDACTED] stated that he was at a loss to understand why this individual with whom he shared a room at Mansfield, Ohio, would have attributed these statements to him.
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DB Cooper-31055
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b6 b7c
Serials: BH 164-35