Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Los Altos, California man re meeting suspect and February 1972 Seattle tripInterviewed 21 April 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 59, page 112

DB Cooper-24256Serials LA 164-497

Interviewed 21 April 1972Dictated 27 April 1972Transcribed 1 May 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 112 (DB Cooper-24256), FD-302 interview, interviewed 21 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/112

Places

Edgewater InnLos AngelesSeattle

Dates mentioned

February 22, 1972

Transcript

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2 LA 164-497

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and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Upon arrival in Seattle, they were to travel by cab to a specific motel where additional arrangements for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] would be made. At this time, [REDACTED] pointed to a blue flight bag which he had with him and stated, "There's [REDACTED] in that bag as [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] and [REDACTED] In addition, [REDACTED] agreed to furnish [REDACTED] cash to be used towards necessary expenses related to the trip and [REDACTED] On the afternoon of February 22, 1972, after securing the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] they departed Los Angeles for Seattle via Western Airlines arriving in Seattle on the evening of that same day. After de- planing, they received a telephone page from [REDACTED] advising them to take a taxi to the Edgewater Inn where [REDACTED] was already residing.

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After checking into the motel, they determined that [REDACTED] had an adjoining room to theirs. [REDACTED] outlined two plans for the proposed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] His first plan was to [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] Because of an inability to [REDACTED] this plan was discarded. As a result, it was decided to use the alternate plan which was to [REDACTED] at a nearby beach area the following day.

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[REDACTED] had dinner together that evening and retired near midnight. In the morning after having breakfast and [REDACTED] came into [REDACTED] room. He introduced a man known only as [REDACTED] who was to serve as a driver and guide. [REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as a white male approximately [REDACTED] years of age, 5'10", 175 pounds, with dark brown hair, a well-trimmed full beard and wearing average sports clothes. When [REDACTED] was not present, [REDACTED] referred to him as [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] driving a late-model yellow sedan, further des- cription unknown, drove [REDACTED] to a nearby [REDACTED] Here, [REDACTED] rented a white Ford with red interior and then fol- lowed [REDACTED] back to the motel.

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DB Cooper-24256