Part 97, page 183
DB Cooper-43716Serials PD 164-41
Interviewed 7 March 1988Dictated 7 March 1988Transcribed 12 October 1988
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 183 (DB Cooper-43716), FD-302 interview, interviewed 7 Mar 1988, serial PD 164-41-1974 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/183
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FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
PD 164A-41
Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED], On 3/7/88, Page - 2 -
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[REDACTED] advised that people used to kid him about being D.B. COOPER because of the hijacking which occurred near the time that he left Pendleton.
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On March 9, 1988, [REDACTED] advised that when GENE COOPER came back to Pendleton, Oregon, after being gone about three weeks, it was just about the holiday season, near Christmas in 1971. He was limping at that time and advised that he had been in a car wreck. She further advised that COOPER could not dance as well when he came back.
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[REDACTED] further advised that as additional descriptive data, she recalled that COOPER had a medium complexion, a healthy look, and was a heavy smoker. She recalled this because [REDACTED].
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[REDACTED] advised that another [REDACTED] who may have known COOPER would be [REDACTED], in Wenatchee, Washington, telephone number [REDACTED]. She further advised that [REDACTED], in Pendleton, Oregon, was [REDACTED] at the time she knew GENE COOPER, and that he may also know him.
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[REDACTED] reiterated that when COOPER came back from his short absence of three weeks from Pendleton, it was just after the D.B. COOPER hijacking and everyone was calling him "D.B. COOPER" since it was still on the news. She advised that [REDACTED], Pendleton, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED], kidded him about being D.B. COOPER.
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[REDACTED] advised that COOPER seemed to be very intelligent and articulate.
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DB Cooper-43716