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MEMORANDUM, DOT, FAA, ALASKAN REGION —— =o ae «ee cee SUB.: INFORMATION: Director's — Management Report (3 week rpt.) January ff, 1987 FROM: Public Affairs Officer AAL-5 TO : Director, aar-2fp/ PROBLEMS: NONE HIGHLIGHTS: I. MEDIA: Je * Researched and responded to 101 citizen and news media J inquiries re the "Sighting" by JAL Captain of F1#1628 on November 17, 1986. 25 radio/tyv interviews from across the nation, including contact from Kyodo News Service-Japan, United Press international, Associated Press International, ABC, CBS, NBC, King" talk show, London Sunday Mirror, Washington Howard News, National Public Radio, Soviet National News oervice, to name a few. Coordinated with Air Force, D.C. FAA, and regional division. Expect continued media interest until all available data and interview transcripts have been provided to public/media. Expect Press Conference wil] be needed to conclude this, in about 2 weeks. D.C. to decide where to hold Press Conference. Complete list of media contacts attached. * Prepared news release and script for 9 hourly reports on Progress of Santa Claus from crossing the Atlantic to Alaska and Onwerd as tracked by FAA across the nation. Material turned out to be very popular with numerous radio stations using all or portions of the pre-taped script (on FAA media recorders). * Responded to the Following media requests: * Ketchikan _D. News: Aviation/vs/Marine weather. * KTOO-TV: Public Use aircraft (Ref.to NTSB) * Wrangell Sentinel: H.Konine enf. case. * KTOO-TV, KTVA-TV, Anch. News: NATCA/PATCO vote.