Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Los Altos, California man re meeting suspect and February 1972 Seattle tripInterviewed 21 April 1972page 3 of 5
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Part 59, page 175

DB Cooper-24318Serials LA 164-497

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

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 175 (DB Cooper-24318), FD-302 interview, interviewed 21 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/175

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3 LA 164-497

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[REDACTED] was placed in the white Ford b6 and [REDACTED], who acted as driver, departed b7C for a pre-arranged beach site, known only to [REDACTED]. When they departed, [REDACTED] was still at the motel. [REDACTED] proceeded in a northerly direction from the Edgewater Inn via the freeway and traveled approximately 30 minutes to a roadside park on Puget Sound. Upon arrival at this location, the vehicle was parked in a general parking area and [REDACTED] All three men, lead by [REDACTED] to a designated spot on the beach. The path they followed necessitated using an elevated walkway over a series of railroad tracks. [REDACTED] recalls that a park maintenance man was painting a green fence nearby and to the best of his recollection, there were no boats docked in the area such as would be seen in a marina.

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About 10:00 a.m. and approximately 15 minutes after their arrival, [REDACTED] and another individual appeared on the b6 beach. [REDACTED] recalled that [REDACTED] had stationed himself midway b7C between the beach area and parking lot and probably acted as a lookout. When [REDACTED] and the unknown individual approached, he came from the parking lot area but [REDACTED] was unable to de- termine, due to the terrain, how they arrived or if there was a particular car involved.

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Just prior to the arrival of [REDACTED] and the unknown b6 individual, [REDACTED] were instructed by [REDACTED] to b7C [REDACTED] which they had previously purchased [REDACTED] [REDACTED] because of this and the fact that [REDACTED]

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Midway through [REDACTED] the unknown individual b6 [REDACTED] b7C

and the unknown individual [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

Near the conclusion of [REDACTED] b6 [REDACTED] and the unknown individual [REDACTED] b7C

[REDACTED] the unknown individual and [REDACTED] departed in the same direction that they had arrived.

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