Part 41, page 272
DB Cooper-16307Serials 164-21-7789, AN 164-59
Interviewed 30 January 1978Dictated 31 January 1978Transcribed 2 February 1978
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 272 (DB Cooper-16307), FD-302 interview, interviewed 30 Jan 1978, serial 164-21-7789 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/272
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
(1) Date of transcription: February 2, 1978
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[REDACTED] voluntarily appeared at the Fairbanks Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [REDACTED] informed he had learned through friends that the FBI was attempting to locate him for interview and he was making himself available for interview, principally out of curiousity as to what the situation might be.
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[REDACTED] was informed of the identity of the inter- viewing Agent and of the intended purpose of the interview, which would be to determine his knowledge of or involvement in the skyjacking of a Northwest Orient Airlines plane on or about November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] was furnished with a printed form (FD-395) containing a summary of his constitutional rights which he read and advised he understood. He signed a waiver of these rights and consented to interview without an attorney present.
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[REDACTED] informed that during the year 1971 he attended Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California and was enrolled in [REDACTED] He informed that during this time period he resided at [REDACTED] in San Francisco. He stated he was very broke at that time and he is sure that he performed no travel on or about November 24, 1971. He said records at the University might establish that he was in attendance there at that time. At any rate, he was physically present in San Francisco on that date and was not traveling in the states of Washington, Oregon or Nevada.
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[REDACTED] informed that he is employed as a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the D. B. COOPER case as a point study in [REDACTED] He informed he per- sonally admires the man feat very immensely. He stated he does not admire the criminal aspect of it, but the very finite planning and precision involved in COOPER's jump from the 727 jet. He stated he is a parachutist himself and is well aware of the risks involved in such a jump.
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[REDACTED] stated he has previously been interviewed by FBI Agents in San Francisco, shortly after the crime in question. He stated he was informed by the FBI Agents they were interviewing
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Interviewed on 1/30/78 at Fairbanks, Alaska File # AN 164-59
by SA [REDACTED] :vlr Date dictated 1/31/78
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DB Cooper-16307 /64-21-7789