Part 29, page 406
Document date 7 November 1966
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 29 p. 406 (DB Cooper-10502), FD-302 interview, dated 7 Nov 1966 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-29/pages/406
Transcript
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MY [redacted]
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[redacted] said he did not hear from [redacted] again but [redacted] S&H Insurance Company continued to call. He told [redacted] that the Central America company [redacted] had [redacted] in bonded warehouses in Mexico City. He said an appraiser for the company put a value on [redacted] being [redacted] Instead of the Bank of Montreal he indicates the potential buyer as the bank of England. [redacted] is to be flown from the Central America country to Belize, British Honduras in the Gulf of Mexico. Then [redacted] is to be flown on a converted A-26 from Belize to Aruba, Dutch West Indies. [redacted] wanted Lloyds of London to insure [redacted] from Belize to Aruba.
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[redacted] stated he investigated the information supplied by the [redacted] Insurance Company. He determined there was no Guarantee or Guardian Title Trust Company in El Paso, Texas or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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He was told that final refining was to be done in England, however 30% of [redacted] in the world is refined at Englehart, 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 Bonair Corporation. The plane, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) registration number [redacted] would be piloted by [redacted] who is from Dear Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona. This plane was to make one trip with [redacted] while insured by Lloyds of London with [redacted]
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Investigation by [redacted] found that there was no such [guess: man] number as [redacted] issued to a plane, and the FAA does not issue 6 digit numbers. The aircraft load the converted B-26 could possibly carry was two tons, and not [redacted]
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On September 19, 1966, [redacted] said he received the last call from [redacted]. He said [redacted] was ready to move, the papers were in order and he still wanted Lloyds of London to insure the flight. This call culminated between 30 and 35 calls that [redacted] received from S&H Insurance Company.
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DB Cooper-10502
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