Part 36, page 385

DB Cooper-14002Serials PD 164-41

Interviewed 7 November 1975Dictated 10 November 1975Transcribed 10 November 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 36 p. 385 (DB Cooper-14002), FD-302 interview, interviewed 7 Nov 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-36/pages/385

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 11/10/75

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[REDACTED] McMinnville, Oregon, b6 telephone [REDACTED] furnished the following information in the b7C Portland, Oregon, offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Present at the same time and participating in the interview on an equal basis was [REDACTED] b6 McMinnville, Oregon, telephone [REDACTED] b7C

[REDACTED] for the McMinnville News b6 Register; [REDACTED] for the Salem, Oregon, Capitol b7C Journal. The two of them as a personal project have developed information leading them to believe that one [REDACTED] may possibly be identical to the subject known as DAN COOPER.

Portions of their information were obtained from a third party who resides at McMinnville, Oregon, and has made somewhat of a hobby out of the DAN COOPER case. They have not obtained this individual's permission to make his name available to the FBI, but will do so and arrange for an interview of this individual by Bureau Agents.

They have been in contact with U. S. Postal [REDACTED] b6 Portland, Oregon, and had determined that [REDACTED] b7C of a U. S. Postal Service, Seattle, Washington, [REDACTED] as of June 8, 1973. [REDACTED] has advised that [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] is also known as [REDACTED] Based on information received from [REDACTED] it would appear that [REDACTED] is presently [REDACTED] at Great Falls, Montana, as a result of [REDACTED] Spokane, Washington.

They further believe that [REDACTED] is identical b6 to an individual named [REDACTED] who for a period of b7C time prior to November, 1971, was employed as [REDACTED] the McMinnville Community Hospital, McMinnville, Oregon. [REDACTED]

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Interviewed on 11/7/75 at Portland, Oregon File #PD 164-41

b6 by SA [REDACTED] deb Date dictated 11/10/75 b7C

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. DB Cooper-14002

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Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview report documenting two journalists—one from the McMinnville News Register and one from the Salem, Oregon Capitol Journal—who developed information as a personal project suggesting a redacted individual may be identical to the hijacking subject known as DAN COOPER. Their information came from a third party in McMinnville who has made a hobby of the case. The journalists contacted the U.S. Postal Service in Portland and Seattle and determined the subject had a postal connection as of June 8, 1973. The subject is also known by an alias and may presently be in Great Falls, Montana, connected to Spokane, Washington. They also believe the subject is identical to a redacted individual who was employed at McMinnville Community Hospital prior to November 1971. Standard FD-302 footer showing interview date 11/7/75 at Portland, Oregon, file number PD 164-41, conducted by a redacted Special Agent, dictated 11/10/75. Document reference number DB Cooper-14002.

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