Part 59, page 200
DB Cooper-24343Serials SE 164-81
Interviewed 22 April 1972Dictated 26 April 1972Transcribed 28 April 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 200 (DB Cooper-24343), FD-302 interview, interviewed 22 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/200
Transcript
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2 SE 164-81
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He felt that this person could possibly be the hijacker because he felt he had the necessary background to commit the hijacking. He stated he felt the hijacker was a former Boeing employee, probably an engineer, who had military and flying experience. He stated he felt the hijacker had probably been fired from The Boeing Company, and was a paranoid individual who was mad at The Boeing Company and possibly Northwest Airlines; however, he stated that he felt the individual would be considered to be of good stand- ing in his community.
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After receiving this telephone call and feeling he had had contact with the hijacker, he discussed the matter with [REDACTED] for the "Bremerton Sun". He stated that [REDACTED] had written some articles unfavorable concerning a [REDACTED] and he thought that perhaps if he sold this story to [REDACTED], he might get some good publicity concerning [REDACTED] In addition to contacting [REDACTED], he went to the library and reviewed old newspapers to find the telephone number which he had seen in the Los Angeles area for COOPER to call. He found this number and called and came in contact with [REDACTED] He discussed the call he had received and the reasons he felt the person who had contacted him was the hijacker with [REDACTED] over an extended period of time and incurred a $12 bill for this telephone call. He believes it was approximately the middle of February, 1972, that he contacted [REDACTED] at Los Angeles.
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After having contacted [REDACTED] he was going to California in connection with attempting to sell a coin changer device which had been developed by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] a company in which [REDACTED] and on this trip he contacted [REDACTED] in Los Angeles and discussed his information concerning the hijacking. He does not recall the exact date of this trip but thinks it was around February 20, 1972.
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He stated that sometime in late February, 1972, [REDACTED] contacted him and told him that he was coming to Seattle and would call him while he was in Seattle. He subsequently received a telephone call from [REDACTED] who told him that he was at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle; and one day, he believes on a Friday, in late February, he and his wife, [REDACTED] traveled to Seattle and met [REDACTED] at the Edgewater Inn. They discussed his information concerning - 60 -
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DB Cooper-24343
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