Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Los Angeles investigator hired by newspaper to develop Cooper suspectInterviewed 20 November 1972page 3 of 4
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Part 60, page 117

DB Cooper-24781Serials LA 164-497

Interviewed 20 November 1972Dictated 21 November 1972Transcribed 22 November 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 60, page 117 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 60 p. 117 (DB Cooper-24781), FD-302 interview, interviewed 20 Nov 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-60/pages/117

People

Not identified: Ginsberg

Places

BremertonSeattle

Transcript

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3 LA 164-497

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[REDACTED] then suggested that I should read the July issue of "Moneysworth Magazine" written by Ginsberg. He said there was an article in there about honesty and then went on relating something to the fact that every time a policeman makes an arrest we all feel more honest. He evidently was trying to make some sort of philosophical comment about honesty and lying but I'm sure that [REDACTED] could take his own advice.

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[REDACTED] said that his reputation was at stake and that his family had been in the area for [REDACTED]

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"They also said that I was going around town saying things. [REDACTED] claimed that I said that I was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and I said that was not the case. I said that I had stated that I was [REDACTED] and that I had made inquiries about [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] I also told [REDACTED] that I had gotten all of my information from the man at the bank who [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and who [REDACTED] At that point [REDACTED] asked, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] said, "Oh, you know that [REDACTED] asked if I knew that the case was being litigated, I said yes, that I understood that it was suppose to be in litigation at the present time.

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"They said that they had numerous reports on where I had been and what I had been doing. They said they knew that I was talking with the [REDACTED] that I had been at the Court House and in fact they knew that I was standing waiting for a cab that afternoon.

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"They asked me where I was staying and I gave them the name of the motel and phone number in Seattle.

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[REDACTED] said that the FBI in Bremerton knows both of them by first-name basis. [REDACTED] also complained that the FBI took his sunglasses and dug up his backyard. [REDACTED] said that he had been getting extortion notes and threats and threatening phone calls to kill him.

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DB Cooper-24781