Director to SACs Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco re NORJAK publicity and reward
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Re NORJAK conference results and proposed reward for recovered ransom bills
Document date 5 May 1976
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 61 pp. 199–200 (DB Cooper-25397–25398), Airtel, dated 5 May 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-61%3A199-200
Airtel
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5/5/76
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To: SACS, Seattle (164-81) Las Vegas (164-60) Los Angeles, (164-797) Portland (164-41) San Francisco (164-220)
From: Director, FBI (164-2111)
NORJAK, OO: SE
Representatives from receiving offices were in attendance at the Norjak seminar held at San Francisco, 4/8-9/76, where a suggestion was made to institute a pub- licity campaign for release in early November, 1976, widely publicizing a reward for any twenty-dollar bill turned in from the ransom list published in various media periodicals and possible local newspapers. This suggestion was approved at FBIHQ and efforts to initiate appropriate groundwork steps are now being taken.
Receiving offices should, at this time, contact major newspapers within their Divisions in an effort to determine if first they would participate in this publicity venture by printing on a one-time, daily, or weekly basis the list of ransom bill serial numbers and second if they agree to printing these, is there a particular form in which the numbers could be provided to facilitate easier printing of same. Newspaper officials should be advised that calls from individuals concerning the fact that they possess a twenty-dollar bill of interest will be directed to the nearest FBI Office.
Seattle should immediately set out leads for Minneapolis to contact officials at Northwest Airlines in an effort to determine their interest in possibly pro-
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164-497 84[illegible] b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-25397 Handle w/
Airtel to SACS, Seattle Las Vegas Los Angeles Portland San Francisco
Re: NORJAK;
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viding the necessary reward money, which could be $5,000 for the first bill turned in or $1,000 each for the first five bills turned in. Final determination re reward offer is being left to the discretion of Seattle and, of course, Minneapolis based on Northwest's receptiveness to this campaign effort. If Northwest is not particularly inter- ested in becoming reinvolved, Seattle should consider con- tacting other possible donor sources to the reward offer. It is felt that several organizations might be interested in the publicity that could be obtained by offering a re- ward of this type, however, discretion should be utilized in the choices considered and Seattle should advise the Bureau prior to accepting a source other than Northwest.
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Seattle should also obtain a list of all publica- tions previously utilized for publicity in this case, as well as, parachute associate publications, pilot publica- tions, numismatic magazines and others that might possibly be interested in publishing serial number listings. The name and place of publication should be obtained so that at the appropriate time leads can be set out to offices covering the place of publication instructing them to make contact and request their assistance.
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Seattle will prepare for eventual dissemination, an all SAC airtel requesting field-wide assistance in the contacting of local area newspapers to ask for their participation in this program. A brief synopsis of facts surrounding captioned matter should be prepared and sub- mitted to FBIHQ for approval. This synopsis will then be included in the all SAC airtel and will be afforded inter- ested newspapers as a lead-off story in the printing of ransom list serial numbers.
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It is imperative for this program to be at all effective that we insure that the maximum amount of publicity is obtained. Therefore, if receiving offices have additional suggestions as to how this can be accomplished, they should promptly submit same to the Bureau and Seattle.
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Serials: 164-2111, CG 164-797, LA 164-497, LV 164-60, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SF 164-220