Part 113, page 62
DB Cooper-51530Serials SE 164-81-3687
Interviewed 26 July 1972Dictated 25 August 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 62 (DB Cooper-51530), FD-302 interview, interviewed 26 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3687 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/62
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Sub 469
8/7/72 Date of transcription ___
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[REDACTED] residence [REDACTED] Burley, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] b6, b7C, b7D [REDACTED] never discussed the matter with anyone nor did he reduce the matter to writing.
On [REDACTED] he entered the U.S. Army at Seattle, Washington, and was assigned to [REDACTED] He was stationed at several bases throughout the Southern United States during his first year in the service, one of which was Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he received training as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
During the latter part of [REDACTED] he was assigned to Okinawa with the [REDACTED] Also assigned to this same organization was RICHARD M. WORDEN, who was from Illion, New York, and believed to have lived on Kent Boulevard in Illion. WORDEN apparently entered the service in New York State prior to [REDACTED] and he had also gone through training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was a Demolition Specialist MOS 121.13.
WORDEN and [REDACTED] became close friends and were together on Okinawa for approximately six months or until WORDEN went to Vietnam. After approximately one year WORDEN returned from Vietnam and was again stationed at Okinawa up to the time [REDACTED] left in [REDACTED] He is believed to have signed up for another hitch in the service after returning from Vietnam.
[REDACTED] estimated he was around WORDEN approximately one year and recalled WORDEN related to him how WORDEN and two buddies, about one year prior to WORDEN entering the service, stole a safe in or near Illion, New York, that contained $90,000.00. Further, the method they used in removing the safe from the building was so unique that it took the police one week to deter- mine how it had been done. The safe was removed from the premises and blown open as one of WORDEN's buddies was experienced in the
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164-81-3687 BF #264-[guess: 25][REDACTED] 469 Interviewed on 7/26/72 at Burley, Idaho SEARCHED __ S. INDEXED __ SERIALIZED __ ARE FILED __ SA GEORGE E. LEE and by SA JACK S. NEWELL/imw:GEL Date dictated AUG 25 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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