Part 111, page 498
Document date 7 November 1966
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 498 (DB Cooper-50932), FD-302 interview, dated 7 Nov 1966 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/498
Transcript
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[REDACTED] said he did not hear from [REDACTED] again but [REDACTED] in [guess: SEH] Insurance Company continued to call. He told [REDACTED] that the Central American company making the gold had 17,000 ounces in bonded warehouses in Kansas City. He said [guess: an] assayer for the company put a value on the gold being [REDACTED] Instead of the bank of Montreal he indicates the potential buyer at the bank of England. The gold is to be flown from the Central American country to Belize, British Honduras in the Gulf of Mexico. Then the gold is to be flown on a converted B-26 from Belize to Arruba, Dutch West Indies. [REDACTED] wanted Lloyds of London to insure the gold from Belize to Arruba.
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[REDACTED] stated he investigated the information supplied by the [REDACTED] Insurance Company. He determined there was no Guarantee[s] or Guardian Title Trust Company in El Paso, Texas or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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He was told the final refining was to be done in England. However [guess: 48%] of the gold in the world is refined at Engelhar[guess: t] Company, in Newark, New Jersey.
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[REDACTED] said he was telephonically advised that the agent for the buyer had leased one B-26 from [guess: Domain] Corporation. The plane, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) registration number [REDACTED] would be piloted by [REDACTED] who is from Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona. This plane was to make the trip with the gold while insured by Lloyds of London with 5 long tons of gold.
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Investigation by [REDACTED] found that there was no such [guess: N] number as [REDACTED] issued to a plane, and the FAA does not issue 6 digit numbers. The [guess: closest load] the converted B-26 could possibly carry was two tons, and not 5 long tons.
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On September 19, 1966, [REDACTED] said he received the last call from [REDACTED] he said the gold was ready to move, the papers were in order and he still wanted Lloyds of London to insure the [guess: flight]. This call culminated between 30 and 36 calls that [REDACTED] received from [REDACTED] Insurance Company.
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DB COOPER-50932