AirtelSAC Seattle to Director re CBS '60 Minutes' interest in NORJAK and meeting with producer Gorin15 May 1978page 1 of 5
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Part 96, page 140

DB Cooper-43053Serials 164-2111, PD 164-41-1692, SE 164-81

Document date 15 May 1978

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

FBI

Date: 5/15/78

Transmit the following in ___________ (Type in plaintext or code)

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)

SUBJECT: NORJAK 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.

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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 NORMAN GORIN, whose business card shows him as "Producer, CBS News, 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. GORIN indicated he had permission from FBIHQ (Supervisor [REDACTED]) to interview SA RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH, 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 Bur[REDACTED]s, inasmuch as the last time

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2-Bureau 1-Portland (Pe[REDACTED]on) 1-Seattle

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[handwritten] ASAC

164-41-1692

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GPO: 1975 O - 3 P92 DB Cooper-43053