Part 97, page 190
DB Cooper-43723Serials PD 164-41-977
Interviewed 11 March 1988Dictated 11 March 1988Transcribed 6 October 1988
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 97 p. 190 (DB Cooper-43723), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Mar 1988, serial PD 164-41-977 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-97/pages/190
Transcript
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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- 1 - Date of transcription 10/6/88
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[REDACTED], Umatilla, Oregon, telephone number [REDACTED], advised that he first met MERLIN EUGENE COOPER at a car lot in Pendleton, Oregon, called Arrow Chevrolet when COOPER was a car salesman there in 1971, and 1972.
[REDACTED] recalled that COOPER had a pin put in his shoulder about six months or one year before leaving Arrow Chevrolet, which would have been in 1971, or 1972. [REDACTED] indicated that EUGENE COOPER said he had gone to the Veteran's Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, to have the pin removed. COOPER was all crippled up and later filed a claim for a vehicle accident, however, to [REDACTED] recollection, may have been another incident after the time he came back with a pin in his shoulder. It is the right shoulder and there were some screws that had been placed in the shoulder. COOPER showed him a screw from his shoulder. [REDACTED] recalled that this may have come from a later car accident, six months to a year later from the time he had come back crippled.
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[REDACTED] advised that COOPER packed around a lot of silver dollars and he recalled COOPER giving a kid some silver quarters.
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[REDACTED] advised that, at times, COOPER "kidded" that he was D.B. COOPER. While drinking heavily, people would sometimes say, "He must be D.B. COOPER." COOPER would respond, "That's me, I got the money all stashed away." [REDACTED] advised that it was a standing joke with him. [REDACTED] advised that he drank quite a bit and that COOPER had told [REDACTED] he took a lot of pain pills.
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[REDACTED] described COOPER as being intelligent, and a very outgoing person who would lie a lot.
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Investigation on 3/11/88 at Umatilla, Oregon File # PD 164A-41-/977
by SA SAMUEL A. MC PHETERS SAM[REDACTED] Date dictated 3/11/88
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-43723