Interview report (FD-302)Interview re Gary Samdal's movements and alibi, November 23-27, 1971Interviewed 3 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 98, page 127

DB Cooper-44183

Interviewed 3 December 1971Dictated 3 December 1971Transcribed 8 December 1971

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/8/71

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[REDACTED] provided the following information:

[REDACTED] advised that she was formerly [REDACTED] and is [REDACTED]. On the afternoon of November 23, 1971 the [REDACTED] drove to the Portland airport where they picked up GARY SAMDAL, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] who had arrived on Northwest Flight 735 from Chicago. The entire family drove immediately from the airport in Portland to the [REDACTED] residence in [REDACTED]. They spent the remainder of the evening there.

On Wednesday, November 24, 1971, the [REDACTED] remained at the house visiting with the [REDACTED] except for a brief one half hour period during which time GARY visited with neighbors, [REDACTED], who live [REDACTED]. The entire family also went out shopping for a while but returned to the house where they had dinner and spent the rest of the night.

On Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1971, the entire family, including GARY, spent the entire day in the house where a Thanksgiving dinner was served in the late afternoon. In addition to the [REDACTED] family and the [REDACTED] the dinner was also attended by a [REDACTED] [REDACTED], friends of the family from [REDACTED].

On Friday, November 26, 1971, except for a short time during which GARY [REDACTED] went to the [REDACTED] Memorial Cemetary, the entire family spent the day at the [REDACTED] residence. That evening the entire family went to visit friends at [REDACTED], Washington.

On Saturday, November 27, 1971, the entire family was taken back to Portland where the [REDACTED] caught an airplane for Chicago which left at 2:35 in the afternoon.

On December 2, 1971 [REDACTED] received a letter from [REDACTED] postmarked November 29, 1971

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Interviewed on 12/3/71 at Longview, Washington File # SE 164-81-[guess: 1941]

by SA [REDACTED] and RHT:kdl Date dictated 12/3/71 SA [REDACTED]

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.

DB COOPER-44183

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