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Oho ‘ ¥ AEN Seat mre 2 bce eye ae OO CIC OO OS 2 AS a a tO Ur deta Se OD WW ow. SVU dey 0 pw The as ba ay ao ds Ye yt wD te ‘ede Law A. Sess dais Wn & . heb ae f PWD oe - de ORITAN spore we enter ae Continued from 10th Page as 1 did," Fleming says. t santiive Story. - ad in newspapers around “It's an adventure story, Oregon and Washington, as much about me as asking Cooper to contact about D. B. Cooper, and I him. wanted to put the reader : i i s. If the reader Later, while Flemingand 17 ™Y shoes. wet che etes, . WSS reasonably alert, he millionaire Max Palevsky “would have seen in’ the were organizing LA,anin- press that these guys had termediary offered to put been busted by the FBI." thé newsman incontact | If the man F leming i ‘ _ a erviewed was not D. B. with Cooper—for $30,000. Cooper —~ and Fleming. Palevsky put up the money isn't totally sure he was and Fleming flew up to not the hijacker—then he meet Cooper, dragging was a masterful con man, along two tape recorders, a to hear Fleming tell it. motion picture camera, Paid at First Meeting two cameramen and $30,- "I gave Him the whole 006 in cash. $30,000 at our first meet- Thea headline on the ing, after I was convinced third ard final instaliment — e-,* Flerang says. “Mt that ot ‘eo ’ DB. Usd read: “Is D. B. Cooper the point a com men would real D. B. Cooper?” There have taken the money and is considerable reason for’ TuA like hell, but this guy, L chean 6 wh Cooper, came’ back and doubt, since the Men YAO submitted himself to eight police say talked to Flem- hours of taped interviews, ing — and who allegedly 30 minutes of filmed inter- took his $30,000 — have ¥-ews and sti photo been arrested by the FBI & aphs. His intermediary ay sicned a contract (saying on charges of defrauding the $30,000 would be used Fleming of his money. ‘for Cooper's legal defense) Arrested Before Story with ais real name and leit » tool his fingerpzin The arrest took place on jy, ‘ contr ab S all over May 2, long before Flem- The story was to have ing wrote his story for LA. teen in the opening issue Why did Fleming pub- of LA. To avoid charges of lish the story in a manner aiding & fugitive from jus- : _ tice, Fleming turned his _ that led some readers. UT raterial over to the FBI aware of the fraud arrest, 15 gays before publication to believe that the early (he had told Cooper not to installments were the real tell him anything he thing? | didn't want the police to Fleming doesn't feel that know.) Included were Xe- . the initial installment was rox copies of the $20 bills deceptive, noting that Fleming had been shown "there were disclaimers in as proof of Cooper's identi- it," referring to two dines ty. The serial numbers near the end: "The fore- matched those on the list oing narrative was reiat- ai ransom bills but FBI ed to me by the man I be- dacuments experts said Yieved to be Cooper..." that the phetocopies indi- and, "Doubts about wheth- cated that the bills were er 1 had the right man counterfe:t. vould arise later...” Vith ali the information "T wanted the reader to Fieming’s subjects had experience it just exactly supplied, the FBI had no aed cs ha ate Bue Rt 4-3 ae