Part 31, page 238

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 6/5/73

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[REDACTED] was contacted and informed by Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] of the official nature of the inquiry and the fact that he had the right to remain silent and that anything he might say could be used in a court of law.

He was further advised that his name had been provided as being an individual who closely resembled an artist's conception of an individual who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airliner on November 24, 1971.

He stated he use the name [REDACTED] and is employed as [REDACTED] Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, telephone [REDACTED]. This company is engaged in the [REDACTED] for use [REDACTED] etcetera, some of it being [REDACTED]

He advised he has no flying experience whatsoever, except as a passenger on commercial airlines, noting he has flown to Florida on vacation and has to fly to the State of Maine occasionally in connection with his employment.

On November 24, 1971, to the best of his recollection, he was at work [REDACTED] knowing with certainty that he was not on vacation or away from his employment during that period. He noted that he might have been in Maine just prior to Thanksgiving, 1971, however, he would have returned home at least one or two days prior to the holiday. He noted his employment for any specific days could be readily verified [REDACTED]

He stated that he had never been in the Seattle, Washington, area and has never travelled anywhere near the Northwestern part of the United States.

He volunteered the fact that he [REDACTED]

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Interviewed on 5/31/73 at Ardsley, New York File # NY 164-627

by SAS [REDACTED] AJD:mcb dictated 6/4/63 [guess: 6/4/73]

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency.

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[stamp partially illegible] 6/4/73 [illegible]

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DB Cooper-11489 / 6 4-8/- 4760