Interview report (FD-302)Interview of subject's wife, who called his hijacker claim baloneyInterviewed 24 April 19721 page
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Part 59, page 222

DB Cooper-24366Serials SE 164-81

Interviewed 24 April 1972Dictated 28 April 1972Transcribed 2 May 1972

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 5/2/72

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[REDACTED] wife of [REDACTED] was inter- viewed at her residence by SAs [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who identified themselves as Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [REDACTED] was advised of the details of her husband's reported story that he had talked to the hijacker. [REDACTED] stated the story sounds "like a bunch of baloney to me."

When [REDACTED] was exhibited photographs of the man in the black and white knit cap and the other photograph of the man wearing the wig, she stated she did not know the identity of the individual in the photograph. When she was advised [REDACTED] mother, said she had seen this man in the morning of April 24, 1972; [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] is .. prone[s] to exaggerate." [REDACTED] [REDACTED] further stated she was with her husband when he met [REDACTED] for dinner and also on the occasion that her husband talked to [REDACTED] of the Bremerton Sun but further explained she only knew her husband was dis- cussing [REDACTED] with these people. She stated she did not know of the details of [REDACTED] or any of the particulars.

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[REDACTED] further advised she does not know about the phone call her husband was supposed to have received from the alleged hijacker, as the result of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] but does know he received many crank telephone calls as the result of this ad.

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[REDACTED] then asked, "how many people does the FBI have who say they have seen D.B. COOPER?" She was advised only one person, her husband, who says he has talked to the hijacker, who identified himself as D.B. COOPER. She was further advised that [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] told her that he had driven the [REDACTED] around and had actually introduced them to the hijacker whom they [REDACTED] [REDACTED] then stated, "well, [REDACTED] would do anything [REDACTED] insisted that she did not know where her husband was, and this interview was then terminated.

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Interviewed on 4/24/72 at Seabeck, Washington File # SE 164-81

SA [REDACTED] by SA [REDACTED] CSS/rlg Date dictated 4/28/72

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