Interview report (FD-302)Interview at Alabama International Speedway, Talladega, of Decatur, Georgia subjectInterviewed 9 August 1975page 2 of 2
fbi_formLegibility: medium

Part 72, page 190

DB Cooper-31055Serials BH 164-35

Interviewed 9 August 1975Dictated 12 August 1975Transcribed 12 August 1975

Open in FBI Vault (Part 72, page 190 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 190 (DB Cooper-31055), FD-302 interview, interviewed 9 Aug 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-72/pages/190

Places

Mansfield, OhioU. S. Army

Transcript

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[REDACTED] stated that he was unable to recall exactly what had triggered the conversation [REDACTED] unless it had been something on the television.

[REDACTED] related that while he recalled talking about how the individual involved in the hijacking of the airplane would have needed a background in parachuting and aeronautical engineering [REDACTED] emphatically denied that he ever mentioned the name [REDACTED] stated that he did serve in the special forces with a (First Name Unknown) [REDACTED] was not particularly close with this individual and had not had any contact with this [REDACTED] since having been released from service. [REDACTED] stated that also this was the first time he had ever heard the name of [REDACTED] stated that he did not know the name used by the individual hijacking airlines when he registered for the flight.

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Further [REDACTED] stated that he never said anything during this conversation at Mansfield, Ohio about anyone contacting him [REDACTED] to assist in any type of job. [REDACTED] stated he vaguely recalled that during the conversation [REDACTED] discussed with the party sharing his room several ideas [REDACTED] had for a novel and one of these ideas included the use of special forces in the overthrow of a country. [REDACTED] admitted that during this conversation he might have stated that a special forces trained man could have committed the sky jacking and probably bragged about the fast training which includes parachute training that special forces troups receive in the U. S. Army.

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[REDACTED] again emphatically denied having ever been contacted by anyone by the name [REDACTED] since [REDACTED] had been released from the service and stated that he has no reason to suspect [REDACTED] or anyone else in this hijacking of the Northwest Airlines plane. [REDACTED] stated that he was at a loss to understand why this individual with whom he shared a room at Mansfield, Ohio, would have attributed these statements to him.

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