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FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date: 5/15/78

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Via AIRTEL AIRMAIL (Precedence)

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TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) (ATTN: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION)

FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) b6 [REDACTED] b7C SUBJECT: NORJAK b7D MEDIA MATTERS

ReBUtel to all Field Offices, 5/5/78 cap- tioned "NORJAK"; Portland airtel to Bureau, 5/8/78; Seattle tel calls to Bureau, 5/12;15/78; SAC, Seattle tel call to SAC, Portland, 5/15/78.

Instant matter pertains to the most recent queries by the producers of the CBS show, "60 Minutes", who are apparently considering the "NORJAK" investiga- tion for one of its shows. For record purposes, on 5/4/78, SAC, Seattle, received a call from [REDACTED] b6 whose business card shows him as "Producer, CBS News, b7C A Division of CBS Inc., 524 West 57 Street, New York, New York, 10019", who indicated he was then in Portland, Oregon doing background on the "NORJAK" investigation. [REDACTED] indicated he had permission from FBIHQ [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to interview SA [REDACTED] Portland Division, concerning this matter, and that he was intending to thereafter come to Seattle and inter- view me. I indicated my surprise that permission had been granted by Bureau headquarters, inasmuch as the last time

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2-Bureau 1-Portland (Personal Attention) 1-Seattle

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164-81-7893

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Approved: ________ ___ Sent __________ M Per ________ Special Agent in Charge GPO: 1975 O - 590-902 DB Cooper-16548