Part 109, page 274
DB Cooper-49778Serials NY 164-627, SE 164-81
Interviewed 25 April 1972Dictated 28 April 1972Transcribed 28 April 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 109 p. 274 (DB Cooper-49778), FD-302 interview, interviewed 25 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-109/pages/274
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NY 164-627 SE 164-81
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FLEMING advised that Newsweek Magazine was not agreeable to paying this sum of money. FLEMING obtained [REDACTED] from his partner, MAX PALEVSKY, and this was the final price agreed on by [REDACTED] COOPER [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] FLEMING requested that PALEVSKY, who recently had a severe heart attack and operation, not be contacted due to his poor health and in view of the fact PALEVSKY was not aware of the full details concerning FLEMING's meeting with COOPER [REDACTED]
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COOPER was present on February 20, 1972, at the Edgewater Inn, Seattle, when FLEMING turned over the [REDACTED] in cash consisting of an unknown amount of bills in 20, 50 and 100 dollar denominations. FLEMING obtained a [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] for this sum of money, which stipulated an agreement that it would be put in a trust fund by COOPER [REDACTED] to use as funds for legal defense in the event COOPER was charged with the crime. FLEMING stated that during the course of contacts with [REDACTED] he learned that the true name of [REDACTED] and COOPER became extremely agitated and criticized [REDACTED] for letting his true name become known. FLEMING advised that all his contacts with the individual he knew as D. B. COOPER were through [REDACTED] He advised that he interviewed COOPER on February 22 and 23, 1972, and on the second date, used [REDACTED]
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COOPER. He did not allow these two individuals to have direct contact with COOPER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with COOPER. They were not aware of the identity of [REDACTED] other than by his nickname, [REDACTED] He identified a photograph of [REDACTED] furnished by the Seattle Office, as identical to the individual named [REDACTED] he had dealt with initially using alias [REDACTED] and to whom he paid the [REDACTED] He identified the photograph of the individual wearing a black and white knit cap and the photograph of an individual wearing what appeared to be a wig, as the same individual he interviewed, identifying himself as D. B. COOPER.
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DB COOPER-49778
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