Interview report (FD-302)Interview of New York man who placed newspaper ads seeking the hijackerInterviewed 25 April 1972page 2 of 5
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Part 59, page 272

DB Cooper-24416Serials NY 164-627, SE 164-81

Interviewed 25 April 1972Dictated 28 April 1972Transcribed 28 April 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 59 p. 272 (DB Cooper-24416), FD-302 interview, interviewed 25 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-59/pages/272

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NY 164-627 SE 164-81

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was not agreeable to paying this sum of money. [REDACTED] obtained [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and this was the final price agreed on by [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] requested that [REDACTED] who recently had a severe heart attack and operation, not be contacted due to his poor health and in view of the fact [REDACTED] was not aware of the full details concerning [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] on February 20, 1972, at the Edgewater Inn, Seattle, when [REDACTED] turned over the [REDACTED] in cash consisting of an unknown amount of bills in 20, 50 and 100 dollar denominations. [REDACTED] obtained a [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] for this sum of money, which stipulated an agreement that it would be put in a trust fund by [REDACTED] to use as funds for legal defense in the event [REDACTED] was charged with the crime. [REDACTED] stated that during the course of contacts with [REDACTED] he learned that the true name of [REDACTED] became extremely agitated and criticized [REDACTED] for letting his true name become known. [REDACTED] advised that all his contacts with the individual [REDACTED] were through [REDACTED] He advised that [REDACTED] on February 22 and 23, 1972, and on the second date, used [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] He did not allow these two individuals to have direct contact with [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] They were not aware of the identity of [REDACTED] other than by his nickname. [REDACTED] He identified a photograph of [REDACTED] furnished by the Seattle Office, as identical to the individual named [REDACTED] he had dealt with initially using alias [REDACTED] and to whom he paid the [REDACTED] He identified the photograph of the individual wearing a black and white knit cap and the photograph of an individual wearing what appeared to be a wig, as the same [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-24416