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COAST PAPERS WHICH HAD REPORTED NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS OF
PASSENGERS ON THE FLIGHT AND INTERVIEWS OF OTHER
INDIVIDUALS IN THE SEATTLE AREA. BERNSTEIN ADVISED
THAT HIS MAGAZINE HAS EXPENDED A NUMBER OF HOURS IN
REVIEWING FLEMING'S INTERVIEW OF THE ALLEGED HIJACKER
AND WISHED TO FURNISH [REDACTED]
FOR POSSIBLE INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. BERNSTEIN
ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD NO COMMITMENTS COULD BE MADE BY THE
FBI TO ALLOW NEWSWEEK ANY EXCLUSIVE INITIAL REPORTING
OF THE DETAILS IF THE HIJACKER WAS APPREHENDED AS A
RESULT OF INFORMATION FURNISHED BY NEWSWEEK AS
EMPLOYER OF FLEMING. HE DID REQUESTM IT BE MADE
A MATTER OF RECORD AND WOULD APPRECIATE BEING NOTIFIED
AS PROMPTLY AS OTHER PRESS MEDIA IF THE HIJACKER
WAS APPREHENDED SO THEY COULD CONSIDER PRINTING THE
DETAILS THEY OBTAINED DURING FLEMING'S INTERVIEWS
OF THE ALLEGED HIJACKER. NO COMMITTMENT WHATSOEVER MADE
TO [REDACTED] OR BERNSTEIN.
[REDACTED] VOLUNTEERED THE INFORMATION THAT NEWSWEEK STAFF
MEMBERS, NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED, WHO HAD REVIEWED THE
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