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FD-302 (Rev. 3-17-69)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date December 7, 1971

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JAMES DEWITT RANKIN, 13417 S. E. Wabash Street, Milwaukie, Oregon, telephone 659-5910 was interviewed at his residence and furnished the following information:

RANKIN advised he is currently employed as a cytonalogist technician at the Cytonology Reference Laboratories, 2905 S. E. Oak Grove Boulevard, Milwaukie, Oregon.

[REDACTED], Portland, Oregon. RANKIN is a former paratrooper and was a member of the 308th Parachute Infantry Unit with the 82nd Airborne Division of the U. S. Army. He has approximately 25 parachute jumps to his credit. He has not parachuted since 1945 which is the year he received his discharge from the U. S. Army. He has an interest in parachuting, however, he has not made any jumps since in the military because [REDACTED] he felt it would affect his insurance rates.

RANKIN worked at his laboratory until 5:00, the day of November 24, 1971, and spent the entire evening and the following day with one [REDACTED], whose residence is [REDACTED] Milwaukie, Oregon. They spent Thanksgiving Day at the Oregon coast.

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The following description was obtained through observation and interview:

Name JAMES DEWITT RANKIN Alias Jim Address 13417 S. E. Wabash Milwaukie, Oregon Telephone 659-5910 Race White Sex Male Age 50 Date of Birth November 13, 1921

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12/1/71 Milwaukie, Oregon PD 164-41- 355 File # SE 164-81 SA [REDACTED] and SA [REDACTED] /CLH:tam 12/3/71 Date dictated

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.

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DB Cooper-40707