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Se lt ty ee a ee Fe Franck to Jenkins Memo (continued) Re: HEARNAP Current Development: Johp’Miller, Executive Vice President, Hearst Corporation, who til Saturday was in_Europe has now returned to his office in New York City and John Clements has been keeping him posted concerning developments with respect to Hearst's presently vague plans concerning a reward to be offered by the Hearst Corporation. Miller has now called Clements seeking the Bureau's advice as to whether a reward should be offered, what figure we would suggest and, in this regard, would like to speak to the Director on the telephone. Miller can be reached in New York City at Area Code 212, 262-7782. This matter has been discussed with Assistant Director Gebhardt and SAC Bates. They feel, as do we in the External Affairs Division, that a substantial reward would hopefully generate some activity which might effect the safe return of Patricia Hearst. Mr. Gebhardt feels that the reward should be somewhere in the area of $100,000 while Bates feels that rather than the million dollar figure discussed by Randolph Hearst, that a minimum $250,000 be offered on May 4th with the possibility of an additional $250,000 to be added at a later date if the first reward offer does not prove productive. While the Bureau cannot become involved in making recommenda- tions concerning whether or not a reward should be offered or its amount, the critical consideration for the FBI is that if a reward is offered the FBI should be contacted not the “San Francisco Examiner” otherwise, we will have reporters interfering with our coverage of leads. Further, in order to properly prepare to receive calls from citizens and to plan to cover the leads as a result of these calls, the Gan Francisco Office, as well as the Sacramento and Los Angeles Offices are going to have to have sufficient advance notice as to if and when the reward is to be offered and the Director could so apprise Mr. Miller. Lastly, if a reward notice is to be prepared it would be most helpful if Mr. Gebhardt's Office and Charlie Bates could be consulted in connection with its preparation to insure that it is written in such a way to properly prompt the response we wish to receive from the public. The Director may also wish to consider discussing this with Mr. Miller. A fa og Aa ‘ { r | RECOMMENDATION-OVER) “yn G Ne vt, -