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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) Paper hij ack: talk. SEATTLE (UPI) —The Seat- tle flag, a biweekly newspaper just _ five editions ad, nas . published what jt<Sserts was a transcript taped interview fh ith\fidcker-extortionist “D. ~ . .B. Cobper.” . 1 The newspaper said in *, Monday's edition it paid $1,600 for the ‘interview conducted by an anonymous “ordinary look- ing man of 20 years plus” and signed “fan agreement of confidentiality.” Part of the agreement, said the‘ Flag, required destruction of the tape after transcription. Asked about the Flag report, speciai FBI Agent J. Earl _ Bilnes_ al at Seattle said, “We claims D. B. Cooper was the name Seatde to Portland, Ore., flight last Nov. 24. The hijack3r- extorted $200,000 from tie airline, then ordered the plage to fly from Seattle to Reno at 10,000 feet altitude. . The hijacker escaped by parachute. during the Seattle- Reno flight. The newspaper, staffed pri- marily by persons in their 20s, “said it agreed to buy the- interview after the anomymous reporter showed a photograph ~ of: a $20 bill which had a serial number identified as among’ those in the marked bundle of " have absolutely no comment.’ »* +920 bills given to “Cooper” » (Indicate page, name of nowspaper, city and state.) —— PAGE A- — DAILY TIMES - ADVOCATE — ESCONDIDO, CALIF. Date: 5/2/72 Edttiony one EDITION Author: Pattor: p ONAL T. KENNEY Tite: PAPER CLAIMS HIJACK TALK Character: or Classification: 164~F /_ lof Submitting Office: SD. 0 Being Investigated DtARe he SERIALIZED iAYt=Oya DB Cooper- 034.