Part 18, page 327
DB Cooper-5659Serials SE 164-81-807
Interviewed 7 December 1971Transcribed 21 December 1971
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription December 21, 1971
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[REDACTED] was contacted at the home of [REDACTED] Colorado.
He stated that he had been in Walla Walla, Washington with [REDACTED] telephone number [REDACTED] on Thanksgiving, November 25, 1971. He said that the next day he went to [REDACTED] Montana where he stayed with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He stated he left the [REDACTED] residence December 2, 1971, and drove to [REDACTED] Colorado, stopping one night at Provo, Utah where he slept in his truck. [REDACTED] added that he had also made other trips between Walla Walla, Washington and [REDACTED] Montana but that the dates were vague and he could not specifically fix the times.
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[REDACTED] first claimed that he knew no one with any parachuting experience and that his family was made up of farmers only so it would be unlikely that any of them would know anything about parachuting. He was asked specifically whether any [REDACTED] knew anything about parachutes and parachute jumping and [REDACTED] answered that they did not.
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When asked about the [REDACTED] he stated that [REDACTED] and after a great deal of deliberation stated he believed that [REDACTED]
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When asked if he had been talking about plane hijacking to anyone, [REDACTED] responded that he had been angered [REDACTED] Colorado when signing up [REDACTED] and had told her in a response to a question about his prior employment that he [REDACTED] stated he also recalled mentioning in a joking matter to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] referring to the hijacking.
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Interviewed on 12/7/71 at [REDACTED] Colorado
by SA [REDACTED] c;jm Do[te] dictated [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-5659
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SEARCHED [REDACTED] FILE # [REDACTED] SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] JAN 0 8 1972 FBI - SEATTLE