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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

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CE 164-101

[REDACTED] estimated [REDACTED]

He stated that [REDACTED] is the kind of person who always has a reply when asked questions and usually gives evasive answers. He stated that when he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he mentioned to [REDACTED] that he looked exactly like COOPER, the man who hijacked the airplane on the west coast, but that [REDACTED] did not answer him at all which was very unusual. [REDACTED] during the summer [REDACTED] he mentioned to [REDACTED] that he looked like COOPER and [REDACTED] gave him no reply.

He advised that [REDACTED] grew a mustache at about the time of the hijacking. On one occasion during the summer [REDACTED] [REDACTED] mentioned his having grown a mustache and he became upset [REDACTED] over this comment.

[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] told him that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] name not mentioned, [REDACTED] and who disappeared in 1971 at which time he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also has [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was born and reared in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] On several occasions during the summer [REDACTED] when they were very busy, [REDACTED] would make trips to [REDACTED] in a very secretive manner but never mentioned the purpose of these trips.

[REDACTED] advised that when he first saw the artist's drawing of COOPER in the Wilmington, Delaware, paper several days after the hijacking he immediately associated the drawing with [REDACTED]. He stated he did not contact the FBI at that time because he did not know anything about [REDACTED] and thought the similarity and appearance coincidental. He advised, however, that after working with [REDACTED] during the summer [REDACTED] he feels strongly that [REDACTED] may be identical with the unknown subject known as DAN COOPER. 3

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Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574 DB Cooper-12067