Part 109, page 330
DB Cooper-49835Serials LA 164-497
Document date 27 April 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 109 p. 330 (DB Cooper-49835), Teletype, dated 27 Apr 1972, serial SE 164-81-3130 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-109/pages/330
Transcript
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LA 164-497 PAGE TWO
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PRESENT. HE CLAIMED AS AN AGENT OF NEWSWEEK, HE COULD NOT CONSENT TO ANY INTERVIEW WITHOUT NEWSWEEK'S CONCURRENCE. ADDED THAT NEWSWEEK HAS NO LEGAL COUNSEL IN LOS ANGELES AND ANY ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS MUST BE ARRANGED BY CONSULTING HIS SUPERIORS, NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, NEW YORK.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, FLEMING RECONTACTED THIS OFFICE. STATED HAD JUST BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, NEW YORK, AND AGAIN INSTRUCTED HIM NOT TO CONSENT TO INTERVIEW WITHOUT NEWSWEEK COUNSEL PRESENT. HE ADDED NEWSWEEK, NEW YORK, INFORMED HIM TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF FBI, NEW YORK, HAD REQUESTED ANSWERS TO FOUR QUESTIONS WHICH HE WAS PREPARED TO ANSWER OVER THE TELEPHONE.
FLEMING WAS INFORMED THE FBI PREFERRED TO TALK TO HIM PERSONALLY AND HE RESPONDED SAYING WOULD ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO BE INTERVIEWED PERSONALLY.
FLEMING THEN STATED THE ANSWERS TO THE FOUR QUESTIONS POSED TO NEWSWEEK IN NEW YORK BY THE FBI WERE AS FOLLOWS:
THE SOURCE OF THE MOST RECENT PHOTOGRAPH FURNISHED TO THE FBI IN NEW YORK WAS FURNISHED TO HIM BY THE INTERMEDIARY, [REDACTED]. IT IS NOTED FLEMING, DURING INTERVIEW AT NEW YORK STATED HE HAD LEARNED TRUE NAME OF [REDACTED] WAS END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-49835