Part 47, page 310
Interviewed 15 March 1983Dictated 15 March 1983Transcribed 29 March 1983
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 47 p. 310 (DB Cooper-1971), FD-302 interview, interviewed 15 Mar 1983, serial SE 164-81-880 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-47/pages/310
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not so dumb but what I've protected myself, I think you learned that. I've got myself protected pretty well against that possibility and if you should succeed, it'd be worse than dealing with me because uh, the way I've got it laid out, it'll all come out then. And the fourth one, and I believe this is your last option, is to deal with me. Now we got to reach a reasonable basis, uh, to handle this and uh, to uh, help reach that reasonable base, I will explain some of my options, now. First thing is, I want you to know that I know the value of what I have. I uh, might even be leaving quite a bit of money laying on the table on this deal, but that's don't make any difference to me. If I am, I don't want to even know about it. I know it's worth what I'm askin'. I know this much also. That's it's worth a helluva lot more on the international market. Then if somebody should happen to try this, they wouldn't be asking for a loan to start a security firm. They'd be asking for enough money probably to set up an army. So, uh, I'd rather not discuss this any further because that's, uh, an option I don't even want to think about. Uh, I can go to your insurance company and I can explain to them what I can do and I quite sure they'll believe me. If they'll believe me, uh, I would think your insurance rate will go up. Uh, don't want that option either. I uh, would hate to think of somebody comin' out with a how-to book on something like this cuz uh, now I'd rather not see it happen. Um, another thing is uh, like I told you, uh, as long as I have no contract I have no obligations and I can sit around and tell anybody about this and uh, we both know what the end result of that would be so there's no sense of me going into detail there. I think that the point we've reached right now, [REDACTED] is, uh, if you're a chess player, this is what we call checkmate. Now, uh, I think the best thing to do is, uh, Monday I'll go to my attorney and I'll have him draw up a contract on the loan and the exchange of
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DB Cooper-1971 1
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