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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Date of transcription 4/28/72

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[REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] was interviewed at his residence. He was advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and was asked if he was acquainted with a [REDACTED] He advised that he is acquainted with a [REDACTED] He stated that he observed in a Seattle newspaper an advertise- ment run in the Personals Column asking that D. B. COOPER contact a telephone number in the Los Angeles area. He stated that based on this advertisement, he ran an advertise- ment of his own in the "Bremerton Sun" in late December, 1971 or early January, 1972. His advertisement was a promotion- al advertisement for [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] The advertisement read, "D. B. COOPER, have [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Will defer downpayment,"and gave his telephone number. Based on this advertisement, he received a number of telephone calls, many of which were crank calls and he did [REDACTED] based on the advert- isement. He stated that he also received one telephone call at approximately 1:00 a.m. and he felt that this call came from the hijacker. His reason for feeling that this caller was the hijacker was partially the time of day that the call came and also because he did not hear any background noise in the call which would indicate that it came from a tavern and was a crank call. In addition to this, he recognized the voice of the caller as a man whom he had known and with whom he had done business in the past. He did not identify himself to the caller and does not know whether the caller recognized his voice.

He stated that the caller began his conversation by stating, "I think we have something to talk about," and feeling that this person was probably the hijacker, he suggested that the individual call him back at another time in the morning and they would set up an appointment to get together and discuss the matter. He never received a return telephone call from this individual, and although he has had conversations with this individual concerning other business since the time he received this call, he has not discussed the hijacking with him.

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Interviewed on 4/22/72 at Seabeck, Washington File # SE 164-81 SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] /JSD:md - 59 - Date dictated 4/26/72

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