Interviewed 15 May 1973 · Dictated 16 May 1973 · Transcribed 16 May 1973AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 31 p. 176 (DB Cooper-11361), FD-302 interview, interviewed 15 May 1973, serial 76-61-4721 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-31/pages/176
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involved in the venture that he was discussing. [REDACTED]
advised that he merely assumed himself that since [REDACTED]
was knowledgeable about aircraft and flight operations
and spent his time reading periodicals relating to that
field and allegedly was a pilot and/or parachutist
that whatever [REDACTED] eventually did accomplish would in
somehow be related to the aircraft field. He gathered
from [REDACTED] that money would be involved but [REDACTED]
never volunteered the source of the money. He gathers
from the conversation that it would be some kind of a
heist on the part of [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] even elaborated
that when he accomplished this feat that he would be
known by the first initials of his first and middle name
and that he intended to use the surname of [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] explained to [REDACTED] that in this way when his
feat was publicized in the newspapers that it would be
a clue to him, [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] had in fact accomplished
what he had planned.
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[REDACTED] advised that at no time did [REDACTED]
indicate a city or state in the United States where he
was planning to perform this heist.
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[REDACTED] advised that he was [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] in Anchorage prior to [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] advised that to his recollection [REDACTED]
had been [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] stated that upon
[REDACTED] he has neither seen nor heard from [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] further recalls that during some
conversations with [REDACTED]
that [REDACTED] had indicated that at one time he had planned
to rob a bank in Fairbanks, Alaska. [REDACTED] elaborated
that he intended to use a white snowmobile and wear
a white sheet for clothing and would make his escape
into the countryside and being camouflaged his chances
of escape were excellent.