Interview report (FD-302)Hypnosis interview of female witness, Beverly HillsInterviewed 3 November 1976page 1 of 3
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Part 61, page 248

DB Cooper-25450Serials LA 164-497-369

Interviewed 3 November 1976Dictated 5 November 1976Transcribed 8 November 1976

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 11/8/76

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On the evening of November 3, 1976, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] California, was trans- ported from her residence to the medical offices of [REDACTED] Beverly Hills, California, by SA [REDACTED] was intro- duced to SA [REDACTED] She was apprised by SA [REDACTED] that the purpose of this interview was to attempt, through the use of hypnosis, to enable her to recall in specific detail a conversation she previously indicated she overheard on August 3, 1976.

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[REDACTED] stated she would willingly cooperate and would voluntarily consent to being hypnotized by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in an effort to recall additional details regarding a conversation she believes concerned a crime under investi- gation by the FBI.

She signed a handwritten document indicating she would voluntarily consent to interview after being placed under hypnosis by [REDACTED]

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She related as follows:

On August 3, 1976, she had taken an elderly couple, [REDACTED] to a doctor's office in North Hollywood, California. After this appointment, the three of them decided they would have lunch in the area and just prior to 11:00 a.m. they stopped at Smokey Joe's Restaurant at Riverside Drive and Coldwater Canyon in North Hollywood. Upon entering the restaurant, they were shown to a booth by a [REDACTED] Shortly after they were seated, a man and woman entered and were seated in the adjacent booth. A few moments after the couple was seated, a lone male joined them and seated himself in a position so he was back to back to [REDACTED] only several inches away from her.

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Interviewed on 11/3/76 at Beverly Hills, California Los Angeles 164-497-369 File # by SA [REDACTED] and SA [REDACTED] crs/njs Date dictated 11/5/76

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

DB Cooper-25450 GPO : 1975 O - 566-118