Part 119, page 16
DB Cooper-54495Serials OC 164-56, SE 164-81-6605
Interviewed 14 July 1975Transcribed 24 July 1975
Another copy of this document is the primary, most legible copy: read it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 16 (DB Cooper-54495), FD-302 interview, interviewed 14 Jul 1975, serial SE 164-81-6605 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/16
Transcript
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
[guess: FD-302] (REV. 11-27-70) [two large black circular redaction marks/blots]
---
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription 7/24/75
[redacted] Tahlequah, Oklahoma, telephone [redacted] was advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and provided the following information.
[redacted] stated he is presently employed by United Farm Service as [redacted] and has worked for them since [redacted]. He was formerly employed by Air America Airlines from [redacted] having been terminated with them as a result of the close down of the war in VietNam. He advised Air American Airlines primarily carried government contract freight and all of the work that he was involved with them was in Southeast Asia.
[redacted] advised his records reveal he took leave and returned to the United States from July 8, 1971 to August 1, 1971 and again from approximately June 10, 1972 to January, 1973. He advised due to this leave, he does not believe he was in the United States during the Thanksgiving period of 1971.
He advised that during his employment with Air America Airlines, he was under the immediate supervision [redacted] who now resides at [redacted] Lexington, Kentucky.
He stated he did not recall a film on parachuting from a 727 airplane, however, he had heard that several employees of Air America had parachuted from such a plane with no problems and he believed it could be done with relative ease depending upon the minimum speed of the aircraft (this speed unknown to [redacted]).
[redacted] advised he worked as a smoke-jumper during the summers of 1961 and 1962 in Montana, and the summers of 1963 through 1965 in Fairbanks, Alaska. He advised he is familiar with northern Idaho and Montana but not with the state of Washington. He admitted he probably had flown over Washington on leave while returning to the United States from Southeast Asia, however, he does not recall actually being in Portland or Seattle during 1971.
[redacted] advised he is not a pilot but was [redacted] He stated most [redacted] Air America had parachute backgrounds in 30% of the freight [/that]
---
Interviewed on 7/14/75 at Tahlequah, Oklahoma File # 164-56 Oklahoma City [handwritten: 164-81-6605 [guess]]
by SA [redacted] :rl Date dictated [illegible]
SEARCHED ____ INDEXED ____ SERIALIZED [handwritten: 7/18/75 [guess]] ____ JUL 31 1975 FBI SEATTLE [guess] 11
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB COOPER-54495