Interview report (FD-302)Interview of confidential source re statements by Jerry CooperInterviewed 5 January 1976page 3 of 4
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Part 119, page 124

Serials RH 164-74

Interviewed 5 January 1976Dictated 9 January 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 124, FD-302 interview, interviewed 5 Jan 1976, serial SE 164-81-781 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/124

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RH 164-74

[REDACTED] advised that COOPER has stated to [REDACTED] that by the end of 1976, he was going to be a very wealthy man, because of the movie and book rights to this story. She further advised that since his encounter with the FBI, COOPER has been to see a psychiatrist and has been very depressed, and has taken time off from work.

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] told her that she had advised COOPER that he was lucky he did not buy the vehicle he was going to purchase for cash the day before the FBI interviewed him.

[REDACTED] further stated that [REDACTED] told her that she had gone through photograph albums and was definitely positive that COOPER was not on the hunting trip in 1971 and that [REDACTED] has even told her that he assumed he was with a woman at that time.

[REDACTED] stated that COOPER is a crane operator and has been off from work for numerous months, but always has money and, in fact, on his trip to Texas, sometime after October 15, 1975, he took $1,200.00 with him.

[REDACTED] further advised that [REDACTED] had told her that the things the hijacker supposedly said on the plane to the stewardess were the things that JERRY COOPER says all the time and, in fact, one is his pet saying. [REDACTED] advised that she could not recall what this is supposed to be, but she does recall having heard COOPER use a certain type of saying all the time. She further stated that COOPER has always plenty of money and has at times offered to pay [REDACTED].

[REDACTED] further advised that COOPER is a very calm, cool, and collective individual, one who could lie without worrying about it and would get