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“8 oe DPTfomAL FOUM-HD. 1D f 9010-100 ‘ . c™ - UNITED STATES GQ@ERNMENT @ —_ egg Memorandum a or _ ; - Comp. Syst. — e > MR. JENKINS _ PATE: 5/7/74 caret c FROM = 9 R.R, FRANCK «fi 4joFe | : a } * oe hy Loborsglory *. Plan. & Eval. _ Lege! Coun, __ Talephone Ra. Director Sec*y Re my memo dated 5/1/74 (copy attached). The purpose of this memorandum is to bring you up-to- date on developments as they have transpired per our contacts with John Clements of the Hearst Corporation, in connection with plans for a proposed reward in connection with captioned __ ye case since date of referenced memorandum. Vy My office has been in daily contact with Clements and as of 6 p.m. yesterday evening, he advised that the Hearst Corporation still had not finalized plans to offer a nr reward. He noted that he was under the impression that the Board of Directors was supposed to meet on 5/6/74, however, the meeting did not take place and is now scheduled for this morning, 5/7/74. It should be noted that last Friday evening, 5/3/74, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Clements called Quinn at home to advise him that John Miller, Executive Vice President, had indicated that Randy Hearst and Charles L. Gould, Publisher, San Francisco Examiner, were strongly resisting the concept of a confidential reward and that for this reason the corpora- tion had not been able to decide whether to initially offer a Sad confidential reward or not. Clements said that Miller was interested in knowing how strong the Bureau's feelings were concerning a confidential reward. It was indicated to Clements that the Bureau's views had already been expressed to Mr. Miller. by Mr. Kelley in their telephone conversation on the afternoon of 4/30/74 and in response to the questions posed by Mr. Miller which were made available to Mr. Clements on the evening of 5/1/74 (copy attached). It was pointed out to Mr. Clements that the Director's thoughts on the subject had been sought and afforded and that with respect to a reward, confidential or otherwise, under no circumstances would the FBI seek to impose its will on the © Hearst Corporation and that any decision in this regard must .be made by the Hearst Corporation, not the FBI.- ... ~~ —.. | | : RECS ‘sc “fray 13 974 q/ i - Mr. Gebhardt 1 - Mr. Franek (CONTINUED-OVER)...00, 5, - Wr GTQ:jo | Va oe is