Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Pierce County source re Sumner, Washington NORJAK suspectInterviewed 20 July 1973page 1 of 2
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Part 32, page 170

DB Cooper-11780Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-4875

Interviewed 20 July 1973Dictated 24 July 1973Transcribed 30 July 1973

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Date of transcription 7/30/73

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[REDACTED b6/b7C], Sumner, Washington, phone [REDACTED b6/b7C] furnished the fol- lowing information concerning a man whom he phonetically knew as [REDACTED] residing at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Sumner (by description of the location and the above phonetic name it was determined that the true name of the suspect is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Sumner):

[REDACTED] explained that he was [REDACTED] with the Pierce County Sheriff's Office and starting ap- proximately six months before Thanksgiving of 1971 he had [REDACTED]. They were having trouble with the stop and go at 120th Street East and 214th Avenue East, and in connection with this he asked [REDACTED] who [REDACTED] if he could park his car in this to observe the activity at this stop and go. Because he did this frequently at night, he struck up several con- versations with [REDACTED] and ascertained over a period of time that [REDACTED] was previously [REDACTED] at Boeing Aircraft. Further, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] In his yard at the back was [REDACTED]

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He did not recall that it had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] lived in a mobil home and he had occasion to go into the home where [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] They had a modest home and [REDACTED] explained that he desired to get money to build a home on the prop- erty but it probably would be a long wait. He had con- tact with [REDACTED] up to about the time of the hijack and then there was a period he did not see him. Sometime about the time of the hijakk he had [REDACTED]

[REDACTED].

[REDACTED] from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office investigated [REDACTED] At the

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Interviewed on 7/20/73 at Tacoma, Washington File # SE 164-81 164-81-4875 by SA [REDACTED b6/b7C] pmh Date dictated 7/24/73 [REDACTED b6/b7C]

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