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PD 164-41 interview by MIKE b6 WALLACE for "60 Minutes,” CBS, New York, on 5/4/78, just prior bic to the issuance of retel. For the Portland Division at this point in time to take a non-cooperative posture with the media can only diminish the credibility of this Division's media relations, not to mention the overall Bureau credibility with the media. I am confident that the information released prior to my arrival in the Portland Division and am equally certain that the information released subsequent to my arrival in the Portland Division has in no way invaded the privacy of witnesses or otherwise had any adverse affect on the prosecutive potential of this case. To the contrary, it has been the notoriety generated by Portland's cooperation with the media that has maintained a steady flow of information coming from the general public. It can be readily understood that the failure to solve this case is not the type of publicity which any individual office of the Bureau as a whole would be soliciting. With the lack of positive investigative leads, the cooperation of the public is for all practical purposes the only source of informa- tion which may lead to the solution of the case, The text of the release suggested by Seattle certainly does not give the public (our source of leads in this matter) a full profile of "D. B. COOPER.” It is Portland's recommendation that the Bureau adopt the general policy of one Bureau spokesman in any investigation which has national or regional interest and that the information to be released be coordinated by the SAC of that office and the Public Affairs Office at FBIHQ, and that this practice and procedure be established at the outset of the investigation to preclude the very reasons that are articulated by Seattle in retel. Obviously, it then becomes the responsibility of the spokesman office to meet the entire media responsibilities for the Bureau as a whole for the life of the investigation. Qe DB Cooper-1510