Interview report (FD-302)Interview re individual who repeatedly discussed the D.B. Cooper hijacking (El Paso)Interviewed 27 December 1973page 1 of 4
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Part 33, page 399

DB Cooper-12538Serials SE 164-81-6118

Interviewed 27 December 1973Transcribed 3 January 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 33 p. 399 (DB Cooper-12538), FD-302 interview, interviewed 27 Dec 1973, serial SE 164-81-6118 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-33/pages/399

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Sub Q. 1 Date of transcription January 3, 1974

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[REDACTED] was contacted and advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent as well as the nature of the inquiry. Subsequent to this, he freely and voluntarily furnished the following information:

Prior to coming [REDACTED] he had been [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] prior to and after a hijacking occurred in the northwest section of the United States, approximately 1½ years ago, in which a man known as D. B. COOPER is responsible for that hijacking. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] there was a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and who prior to the hijacking in which D. B. COOPER is suspected of committing, was frequently [REDACTED] This man by the name of [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] stated that he is positive that this [REDACTED] just before this hijacking occurred and did not return [REDACTED] until after the hijacking had occurred. When [REDACTED] Also [REDACTED] after returning [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

done prior to [REDACTED] remembers that he asked [REDACTED] what he was going to do when he went on leave and [REDACTED] laughingly told [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

164-81-6118

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Interviewed on 12/27/73 at [REDACTED] File # El Paso 164-52 by SA [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Date dictated [REDACTED]

SEARCHED [REDACTED] 1/2/74 SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED]

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and [is loaned to] your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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DB Cooper-12538

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