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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 5/23/75

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[REDACTED] was located at his residence - [REDACTED] South Carolina, at which time he was advised of the identity of the inter- viewing agent and the nature of the inquiry. [REDACTED] pro- vided the following information:

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Although a resident [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] Oregon, a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Approximately [REDACTED] years ago a [REDACTED] by the name of [REDACTED] lives at [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] Oregon, and is now possibly [REDACTED] Portland, Oregon, [REDACTED] At the time [REDACTED] the [REDACTED] an individual whom he knows as [REDACTED] employee. [REDACTED] seemed like an [REDACTED] man to be [REDACTED] and since [REDACTED] was in need of [REDACTED] to fill the job. [REDACTED] claimed that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] fairly recently. [REDACTED] and needed money. In addition to claiming to be [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also claimed to have had [REDACTED] also claimed to have been employed with [REDACTED] Washington, firm as [REDACTED] While with this [REDACTED] firm he [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that he is very familiar with the sky-jacking of the Northwest Airline Flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. Last year (September 1974) after he [REDACTED]

he began thinking that [REDACTED] could quite conceivably be responsible for the hi-jacking of this plane. [REDACTED] provided the following reasons why [REDACTED] one suspected [REDACTED] of this sky-jacking

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Interviewed: one suspected [REDACTED] 5/14/75

File # [REDACTED] CO 164-48 FBI PORTLAND

Date dictated WVA S 5/[15]/75

by SA [REDACTED] jap

DB Cooper-1044

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