Part 37, page 298

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0-9 (Rev. 2-18-74)

FBI

Transmit in _____________ Via _________ Airtel (Type in plaintext or code) (Precedence)

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5/5/76 (Date) 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

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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.

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Receiving offices should, at this time, contact major newspapers within their Divisions in an effort to determine if first they would particpate 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.

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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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164-81-6923 SEARCHED........INDEXED...... SERIALIZED..../FILED..... MAY 7 1976 FBI—SEATTLE

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Seal of the Director FBI

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DB Cooper-14460