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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 1/14/93

On 1/6/93, [REDACTED] Rowlett, Texas, was personally interviewed. [REDACTED] was made aware of the official identity of Special Agent [REDACTED] of the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and that the interview concerned D.B. COOPER and the possibility that [REDACTED] had met COOPER, he then provided the following information:

[REDACTED] advised that while watching a television program about the D.B. COOPER investigation, on a local FOX television program approximately one month ago, he recalled meeting an individual named [REDACTED] who closely resembled the composite drawing of COOPER shown on television.

[REDACTED] who is employed by KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD was loading a rail car at MARAZZI TILE COMPANY (MTC) approximately six months ago when he met [REDACTED] according to [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] who was also picking up a load of tile at MTC. The two began a conversation during which [REDACTED] said that he owned either [REDACTED] of land in St. Michoud, Oregon. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he had purchased this land with funds obtained from a [REDACTED]

mentioned to [REDACTED] that he would not mind residing in the State of Oregon, at which time [REDACTED] offered to sell him some land for [REDACTED] an acre.

[REDACTED] and [REDACTED] then talked about their military careers, [REDACTED] is in the Army and [REDACTED] is in the Marine Corps. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he was a Marine Corps [REDACTED] who had 25 years of service, two tours in Vietnam and had made over 200 parachute jumps while in the Corps. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that his nickname in the Service was [REDACTED]

Before [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] went their separate ways, [REDACTED] provided [REDACTED] with his home address and phone number, should [REDACTED] be interested in purchasing some of the land in Oregon. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that just from their conversation,

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Investigation on 1/6/93 at ROWLETT, TEXAS File # 164A-DL-63643 by SA [REDACTED] sts Date dictated 1/14/93

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