TeletypeNorfolk to Director re suspect Douglas Cooper interview3 December 1971page 3 of 5
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Part 101, page 7

DB Cooper-45429Serials NF 164-41

Document date 3 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 101 p. 7 (DB Cooper-45429), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-544 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-101/pages/7

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NF 164-41 PAGE THREE

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COOPER STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO HE MADE ONE STATIC LINE JUMP WITH SPORT PARACHUTE AT LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY AFTER RECEIVING ONE HALF HOUR INFORMAL INSTRUCTION FROM UNRECALLED INDIVIDUAL AT PARACHUTE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY. COOPER STATED THIS WAS ONLY JUMP HE HAS MADE IN ENTIRE LIFE. HE STATED THAT HE MADE JUMP FOLLOWING CONVERSATION WITH ONE [REDACTED], DURING CHANCE MEETING AT UNRECALLED NEW YORK CITY TAVERN. HE STATED [REDACTED], WHO IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, MIDDLE [REDACTED], SIX FEET, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, WOULD PROBABLY BE LISTED IN NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AS [REDACTED]. HE COULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER INFORMATION RE [REDACTED]. HE STATED [REDACTED] DOES NOT RESEMBLE ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB WHICH WAS DISPLAYED.

COOPER STATED HE HAS NOT COMMUNICATED IN ANY MANNER WITH [REDACTED], CONCERNING [REDACTED], AND HAS NO IDEA WHO MIGHT HAVE MADE SUCH COMMUNICATION.

HE STATED LAST FLIGHT OF ANY TYPE HE HAS MADE WAS COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT [REDACTED] CHRISTMAS NINETEEN SEVENTY. END PAGE THREE

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DB COOPER-45429