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——- * =————_- ——<s _— D a SS . = a a ee ee GHA FOkR MO. 10 i 106 * SS day 1042 DIVO @ @ he G4m. BG. wo. 2? = UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Aepec. Dir, Dep. AD Adm. — Oep. AD inv. Memorandum mre Adain. Comp. Syer. Ext. Aftoire __ f Gen. fav, Went. FROM : R,R.FRANC (i test ' Cc Plan. & Evel. SUBJECT“ BEARNA’ BEARNAt sree: ey: Joh Clements, Washington representative of the iaelninnes Hearst Cor ation, is a close personal friend of “Inspector Quinn and has been in contact with my office on a daily basis in an effort to be of assistance to us in any way possible with respect to the Hearst Corporation in connection with captioned case. Clements is aware through his contacts in the media of all ublic statements made by the Hearsts regarding this case and was eeply concerned when an item appeared recently in the gossip column of one Herb Caen, “San Francisco Chronicle," to the effect that Billy Hearst, nephew of Randolph Hearst, had indicated to Herb Caen that he had no confidence that the FBI could solve this case nor did any member of the Hearst family. According to Clements, Bill now in New York and not accessible to the news media. As you are aware, the deadline for the $4 million dollar food plan which the Hearst Corporation is prepared to execute if Patricia Hearst is returned safely to her family by midnight May 3rd, is virtually upon us. According to Charlie Bates, Randolph Hearst has spoken about the possibility of offering a million dollar reward for information leading to the safe return of Patricia Hearst following this deadline. Bates' concern is that Hearst may decide to go ahead with plans to offer this reward precipitously without affording the San Francisco Office proper time to install additional phones to handle calls that can be expected in connection with such a reward, it being noted that a feature article appearing in the Sunday "San Francisco Examiner" soliciting citizen assistance with respect to the 9 principal suspects in this case, resulted in the San Francisco Office receiving 75 - telephone calls by persons offering information. It can be safely enticipated that an offer of a substantial reward would Teo many times that many telephone calls. | rea ql 1S 9 gd o- a 6/0 - Mr. Gebhardt - Mr. Franck 74 1 - Telephone a Ae wn al (CONT INUED-OVE Rie MAY 3 9 BE Cente? reo Se le — a