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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 4/28/72

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[REDACTED] Seabeck, Washington, was interviewed at his residence, the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He was advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and was advised that the interview related to the hijacking of a Northwest Orient Airlines plane. He stated that in approximately mid-January, he ran an ad in the Bremerton, Washington newspaper which read [REDACTED] [REDACTED] .He ran this ad after having seen an ad in the Seattle paper requesting D.B. COOPER to contact a telephone number in the Los Angeles area. He later learned that this ad was placed in the Seattle paper by [REDACTED] He stated he received many telephone calls, many of which were crank calls and made [REDACTED] because of his ad. He also received one telephone call which he placed some weight on, because it was received at approximately 1:00 a.m. He said the call did not last over 20 seconds; however, he recognized the voice as the voice of someone known to him and with whom he had previously talked on the telephone. He told this individual to call him in the morning and arrange for a meeting; however, the person never returned the call. He stated;however, that this individual was the hijacker.

After he had received no return call, he discussed the matter with [REDACTED] for the Bremerton "Sun", [REDACTED] [REDACTED] After this, sometime approximately in late February, he called [REDACTED] in Los Angeles, at the telephone number which had been in [REDACTED] newspaper ad. He talked on this occasion for approximately two hours, and incurred a telephone bill of $12. He told [REDACTED] about the call he had received but did not tell him the identity of the caller.

A short time after this, he went to San Francisco, California, in connection with attempting to sell a coin collecting device which was to be manufactured by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] a company in which [REDACTED] In San Francisco, he met with a man named [REDACTED] last name unknown, who was with the San Francisco Municipal Railway, and con- ferred with him for about four hours.

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Interviewed on 4/22/72 at Seabeck, Washington File # [REDACTED]

by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] JSD/rlg Date dictated 4/28/72 - 65 -

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DB Cooper-24348