Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Northwest Orient Airlines employee re suspicious reward callInterviewed 13 December 1974page 2 of 2
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Part 61, page 116

DB Cooper-25282Serials LA 164-497

Interviewed 13 December 1974Dictated 17 December 1974Transcribed 20 December 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 61 p. 116 (DB Cooper-25282), FD-302 interview, interviewed 13 Dec 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-61/pages/116

Transcript

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[REDACTED] Don't be ridiculous, I'm not going to trace the call. What hijacking are you talking about?

Caller: The plane was going from Seattle to Portland, but went down in Reno.

[REDACTED] Oh, I remember.

Caller: Get the information about the reward and I'll call back at 1:00 p.m. What's your name?

[REDACTED]

Caller: I'll call back at precisely 1:00 p.m.

At approximately 1:00 p.m., a second call was received. This call came over telephone line [REDACTED] or [REDACTED] (they are on a rotor system and calls are auto- matically switched to [REDACTED] when [REDACTED] is in use). The caller asked for [REDACTED] When [REDACTED] answered, she immediately recognized the caller as being the person she previously spoke with. This conversation went as follows:

Caller: Hello. Did you get that information yet?

[REDACTED] No. The Minneapolis Office is supposed to call back. I'm expecting the call any minute now.

Caller: What did you say?

[REDACTED] I called our Minneapolis Office about the reward and am expecting them to call back. Could I call you?

Caller: No, I'll call you back. (He then hung up.)

Approximately 2:30 p.m., a third call was received. This call also came over line [REDACTED] and the caller again asked for [REDACTED] (This call was recorded and the transcription is as follows):

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