Interview report (FD-302)Interview of New York letter writer re 'D. B. Cooper Game'Interviewed 4 December 19731 page
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Part 72, page 299

DB Cooper-31199Serials LS 164-71

Interviewed 4 December 1973Dictated 6 December 1973Transcribed 7 December 1973

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/7/73

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[REDACTED], New York, was interviewed and after being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and that this interview concerned his writing to the Buffalo FBI Office regarding information on how to play the D. B. Cooper game, he provided the following information:

[REDACTED] advised that he saw a newspaper article about the Northwest Airlines highjacking in the local paper the "Tonawanda News." [REDACTED] advised he did not have a copy of this article presently but the article stated that if a reader wished to help find any $20 bills used in the ransom that the reader merely was to contact his nearest FBI Office for a list of the serial numbers of the $20 bills in question. [REDACTED] stated that the "Tonawanda News" referred to finding this ransom money as the "D. B. Cooper Game."

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The following description of [REDACTED] was obtained through observation and interview:

Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 5'4" Weight 135 pounds Hair Dark brown Eyes Hazel

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Interviewed on 12/4/73 at Town of Tonawanda, N.Y. File # Buffalo 164-46-[guess: 3]/

by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 12/6/73

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