Interview report (FD-302)Interview of witness at Fort Bliss, Texas re absent soldierInterviewed 27 December 19731 page
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Part 72, page 150

DB Cooper-30992Serials SE 164-81-6HE

Interviewed 27 December 1973Transcribed 3 January 1974

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 150 (DB Cooper-30992), FD-302 interview, interviewed 27 Dec 1973, serial SE 164-81-6HE (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-72/pages/150

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription January 3, 1974

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[REDACTED] was contacted and advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent as well as the nature of the inquiry. Subsequent to this, he freely and voluntarily furnished the following information:

Prior to coming [REDACTED] he had been [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] prior to and after a hijacking occurred in the northwest section of the United States, approximately 1½ years ago, in which a man known as D. B. COOPER is responsible for that hijacking. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] there was a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and who prior to the hijacking in which D. B. COOPER is suspected of committing, was frequently [REDACTED] This man by the name of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] stated that he is positive that this [REDACTED] just before this hijacking occurred and did not return [REDACTED] until after the hijacking had occurred. When [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also after returning [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

done prior to [REDACTED] remembers that he asked [REDACTED] what he was going to do when he went on leave and [REDACTED] laughingly told [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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Interviewed on 12/27/73 at Fort Bliss, Texas File # [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] by [REDACTED] Date dictated 1/[illegible]/[74?]

164-81-6HE [handwritten, possibly a file or serial number]

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DB Cooper-30992