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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

- 1 - Date of transcription 10/12/88

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[REDACTED], residing [REDACTED], Pendleton, Oregon, advised that [REDACTED] GENE COOPER at Arrow Chevrolet in Pendleton, Oregon, prior to it being called Harvester Chevrolet. At that time, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] of Boise, Idaho, [REDACTED] recalled COOPER as a mobile home salesman who lived with an older lady, residing just off Highway 84, by the Butter Creek turnoff, in a pumice block house. The residence belonged to the lady he was married to, who was in her late sixties or early seventies.

Regarding the painting "Final Resting," which COOPER had given [REDACTED] advised COOPER actually gave him the painting. [REDACTED] described COOPER as follows:

Name GENE COOPER Race White Sex Male Age Early forties Height 5'10" to 5'11" Weight 165 pounds Hair Light, receding hairline Eyes Light

[REDACTED] advised he recalled on one occasion in the early 1970s, COOPER came into work all banged up and said he had run his car off the road. He advised he had been going to the Veteran's Administration Hospital, in Walla Walla, Washington, for treatment. That time frame covered approximately six to eight months. [REDACTED] advised this may have been in 1973. [REDACTED] further advised [REDACTED]

with GENE COOPER.

[REDACTED] advised that COOPER always came up with a lot of silver dollars and sold them for three times the face value. [REDACTED] characterized COOPER as a "boozer."

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Investigation on 3/7/88 at Pendleton, Oregon File # PD 164A-41-1972

by SA SAMUEL A. MC PHETERS SAM: Date dictated 3/7/88

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-43709