TeletypePortland to Director, Seattle and Sacramento re private river search and press inquiries23 December 1982page 2 of 5
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Part 47, page 47

Serials PD 164-41

Document date 23 December 1982

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PAGE TWO PD 164-41 UNCLAS

[REDACTED] SOME PRESS SOURCES HAVE HEADLINED HIS ACIVITIES AS [REDACTED] AND [guess: HIS] SEARCH FOR COOPER GOES ON," TO THE EXTENT WHERE PORTLAND HAS FOUND IT NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (FBIHQ PERSONNEL DIVISION ADVISED [guess: SA] [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER 4, 1982 THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED], AND [REDACTED] [guess: YEARS] AGO.)

PORTLAND HAS BEEN ADVISED BY LOCAL NEWS MEDIA SOURCES THAT [REDACTED] AND USING THE PRESS AND HIS "SEARCH" FOR FREE PUBLICITY. FOR THAT REASON MANY LOCAL TV, RADIO STATIONS, AND "THE OREGONIAN" HAVE RECENTLY REFUSED TO CARRY STORIES CONCERNING HIS ACTIVITIES. THE OREGONIAN, PORTLAND'S MAJOR NEWSPAPER, DID NOT CARRY THE RECENT UPI WIRE SERVICE STORY. SOME PREVIOUS ARTICLES WERE CRITICAL ALMOST RIDICULING, AS THE OREGONIAN ARTICLE OF NOVEMBER 24, 1982, WHICH STATES "ALTHOUGH [REDACTED] CLAIMS TO BE