Part 101, page 35

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

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

---

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/3/71

---

JOHN EDWARD HARLESS, 1762 Northwood Circle, Jackson, Mississippi, was interviewed at the Holiday Inn, Natchez, Mississippi, and advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the nature of the interview, specifically, the hijacking of Northwestern Airlines on November 24, 1971.

HARLESS was not furnished a Warning and Waiver of Rights Form inasmuch as he in no way fits the description of unknown subject.

HARLESS voluntarily furnished the whereabouts of himself on the pertinent date, November 24, 1971, as follows:

---

HARLESS stated that he is a retail marketeer for the Gulf Oil Company and has been employed there for the past ten years. He stated that around 8:00 AM, he went to work for the Gulf Oil Company at his office located in Petroleum Building, Jackson, Mississippi, and worked in his office until shortly before 11:00 AM. He then attended a funeral of MACK N. LAY, a retired G[u]lf Oil Company employee, the funeral being held at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home, Jackson, Mississippi.

---

At 12:00 noon he, together with [REDACTED b6/b7C], [REDACTED b6/b7C], had lunch. He stated that after lunch he returned to the office at the Petroleum Building, Pascagoula Street, Jackson, and worked until 6:00 PM, on November 24, 1971.

The following description was obtained during observation and interview:

---

Interviewed on 12/2/71 at Natchez, Mississippi File # Jackson 164-32 - b

by SA [REDACTED b6/b7C] sh Date dictated 12/3/71

[handwritten: illegible]

DB COOPER-45461

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.

[handwritten bottom margin: 164-81-7600] [handwritten bottom margin: 11/1 C1 -3(n'1/) or similar — illegible]