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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET (struck through) ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET (struck through) ☐ ___________ ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL (struck through) ☐ E F T O (struck through) ☐ CLEAR Date ___________

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NOT DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH WALLACE OR "SIXTY MINUTES" AND WALLACE WAS SO ADVISED. SAC, PORTLAND, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REQUESTED BY SUPERVISOR [REDACTED] TO MAKE SA RALPH P. HIMMELSBACH AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH MIKE WALLACE OR HIS REPRESENT- ATIVE, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ON FILM OR BE A RECORDED INTERVIEW.

MR. GORIN ARRIVED PORTLAND ON MAY 4, 1978. A BRIEF DISCUSSION WAS HAD BETWEEN MR. GORIN AND SAC REGARDING THE GROUND RULES FOR THIS INTERVIEW WITH SA HIMMELSBACH, AFTER WHICH SA HIMMELSBACH WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROVIDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THIS CASE TO MR. GORIN. SAC WAS PRESENT DURING THE MAJORITY OF THE INTERVIEW, WHICH DID IN FACT CONCERN ITSELF WITH BACKGROUND DATA AS TO TIMES, PLACES AND EVENTS. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INTERVIEW NO NAMES OF PERSONS, PARTICULARLY WITNESSES OR SUSPECTS, WERE DISCUSSED. IT WAS CLEARLY POINTED OUT TO MR. GORIN THAT THE IDENTITIES OF PILOTS, STEWARDESSES AND PASSENGERS WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED. EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE NAMES HAVE APPEARED IN THE PRINTED MEDIUM, SUCH INFORMATION WOULD NOT EMANATE FROM THE FBI. MR. GORIN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE INQUIRIES CONCERNING SUSPECTS, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT TO HIM THIS INFORMATION WOULD

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Approved: ___________ Transmitted ___________ Per ___________ (Number) (Time) FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-43065