Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Houston source re man met in Baja CaliforniaInterviewed 21 January 1972page 2 of 2
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Part 8, page 86

Serials HO 164-118, SE 164-81

Interviewed 21 January 1972Transcribed 25 January 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 8, page 86 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 8 p. 86, FD-302 interview, interviewed 21 Jan 1972, serial SD 164-91-43 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-08/pages/86

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SE 164-81 HO 164-118

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airliner over Oregon and had jumped with a parachute with $200,000. [REDACTED] claimed to still have one of the parachutes he used in his possession on his boat. [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] went into very great detail in describing how he had accomplished the hijacking.

After learning this information [REDACTED] immediately went to where [REDACTED] had been anchored but discovered that the boat and [REDACTED] were gone. [REDACTED] stated that he felt this was unusual inasmuch as [REDACTED] had indicated he would be [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] having mentioned [REDACTED] worked for [REDACTED] the west coast and that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] was shown an artist conception of the indivi- dual who actually hijacked the Northwest Orient airliner, and he stated that this drawing bears a close resemblance to [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] provided the following description of [REDACTED]

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Race White Sex Male Age 40-45 years Height 5'11" Weight 175 lbs. Complexion Ruddy, weathered Hair Dark brown with long sideburns Voice Low, intelligent, no noticeable accent Characteristic Starting to grow beard