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et oe neg, gs eee . Fo 7 : “ owe wl Loess ayetr et: ; - gt. - a ~ ' McDerm@tt to Mr. Jenkins memo (cont! ad.) = Re: HEARNAP . es x PROPOSED SPECIAL TELEVISION PROGRAM . . .- - Observation: I recognize that my recommendation to participate in a. Es Reasoner Report with ABC would be counter to my prior position in < _this regard as a consequence of our prior unfortunate experience r with the Reasoner Report on 9/30/73 and the more recent ABC docu- ¥ mentary entitled "The Paper Prison," with ABC's Frank Reynolds. 3 I feel that in this instance, however, in the interest of generating -' public cooperation and support of our investigative effort in the 2 Hearst case, it is in our interest to take advantage of ABC's f willingness to highlight this case via their network facilities.- 4 It is further noted and not to be disregarded, that the WGO-TV . San Francisco film footage belongs to ABC since ABC owns this station. Consequently, any effort to sell NBC and CBS on the idea - of airing ABC material would really be an exercise in futility and this is borne out by our tentative inquiries: in this regard. . RECOMMENDATION: en : That the Director ‘agree to be filmed at a time at his - convenience, on Wednesday, 1/22/75, for a network presentation on * i the Patty Hearst case over the ABC television network via the — Reasoner Report. It is noted that the Director’ sS morning schedule “ais fairiy clear on 1/22/75. id i 4 24 A a 3 x > te t a ed F ‘